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Evil

In Our Time

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The Ethics of Aristotle

Stephen Mulhold: Aristotle wrote the ethics as a guide to virtuous behavior. He says people who aren't members of the polis don't count as candidates for this kind of flourishing. But once he was at work, take that for granted in the background, then he has a very strong sense that this possibility of attaining the kind of end-state of human flourishing is available to everyone given the right circumstances.

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