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Becoming Virtuous with Nancy Snow

The Moral Science Podcast

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The Role of Habits in Virtue

Aristotle thought that we learn virtue through habituation and through guided habituation, guided practice. Julia Anas is a contemporary philosopher who likens virtue acquisition to the development of a complicated skill. She says you do need to practice to get good at something. Getting into the habit of doing something helps us to do that.

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