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Hillsdale Dialogues 07-29-22: Introduction to Aristotle’s Ethics: How to Lead a Good Life, Part VI

Hillsdale Dialogues

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The Moral Virtues Have Everything to Do With What You Want

If our actions are primarily defined as good based upon the thought and th desire that goes into them, then to ryan's question, how do we actually know when someone's made like, the wrong choice or the wrong decision? Is that based on, like, weather with courage? If they were to die when trying to do something courageous? Or if they still died, but it had the right thought and desire behind it, would that still be some sense? Inth and that sense, the moral virtues have everything to do with what you want. Now, a beautiful act would require to be an intellectually skilful act. You need to be good at it, right? Because it

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