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#515: Aristotle's Wisdom on Living the Good Life
The Art of Manliness
The Importance of Intention in Moral Action
The idea of intention as the litmus test of all moral action is very very very important to our subtle so he's much more interested in why someone did something which might appear on the surface or by stereotypical moral thinking to be culpable. If you believe that you're killing someone to save your child if you genuinely believe that even if it turns out that they weren't you know that you were mistaken. That doesn't take away from the fact that you made that right decision right. You may suffer all kinds of remorse and problems if you discover you've made that mistake but you will know deep inside that you were trying to be a good person and that will comfort you so so so
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