The Relationship Between Abstract Principles and Human Life

Clavin: If you don't understand the relationship between abstract principles and human life, then you get yourself into trouble. He says if you realize that those abstract principles are telling you something about the world, your life is always going to be informed by them. Clavin: We've been walking our way through the cardinal virtues, which are four kinds of excellence. They are specifically ethical, moral excellence, even wisdom,. The most intellectual or cognitive virtue has a practical component, we're going to talk about.