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Episode 27 – What Are Virtues and Why Do We Need Them? | Fr. Michael Sherwin, O.P.

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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How to Understand Jim's Action?

How to understand Jim's action? How do you understand the heroic actions of Lu Shambol or the cowardice. The notion of habitus, what's going on with the habitus, that's parallel. What virtue empowers us to do, the Shneiwen in his account or virtue doesn't see sufficiently and the character of the action that is being done. I had these two, the third one is sport, which I will also be appealing to. So let's look at each element.

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