Ep. 314: Mengzi (Mencius) on Moral Psychology (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Importance of Virtue in Aristotle
Cultivating virtue in Aristotle is a kind of self-excellence. It's not about the object, it's about the self. That line directly contrasts consequentialism. Becoming a full human being is articulating those obligations. For content flows out of rationality, right? And for an Aristotelian virtue ethicist, rationality is a critical component of what makes us who we are and what defines the virtues.
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