Cultivating Virtue In The Modern Age | Is It Useful Or Archaic?

Is it worth trying to develop 'Character' or is this just a good way to get taken advantage of?

In Episode #356 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: how my book review influenced this episode, almost going on a date while sick, why great character might just be NOT doing bad things, why behaving virtuously might not pay off in the long run, ways to tell if someone has moral qualities and why we think the V4V model is the most ethical system out there!

Big thanks to Petar and Liam F's Mum for showing great virtue in supporting the show!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - We're live!
(0:28) - The Age Of Alexander by Plutarch
(1:37) - Definition
(3:07) - My fess up
(5:59) - How many virtuous decisions per day?
(12:37) - Caps the negative, not highlighting positive
(16:15) - Character is showed in hard times
(19:56) - Turning it off/on
(24:11) - Boostagram Lounge
(30:44) - Cockpunch voice acting
(33:30) - Long-term games vs short-term games
(42:08) - Virtue does not necessarily equal a good life
(47:04) - 300 Spartans
(50:07) - The modern world is like the ancient world
(57:46) - A list of character tells
(1:04:07) - Kyrin summary
(1:07:36) - The ethics of value for value!


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