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The Golden Mean
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- 1What did Aristotle say was unhelpful in society?Extremes of character
- 2Where could we find virtue>in the golden mean, the right balance between extremes (vices)
- 3What are the vices of courage?rashness and cowardice
- 4What is the virtuous mean?not a mid point between vices but a judgement that depends on the situation e.g. courage for a solider in battle would be very different from the courage needed to remove a spider from the bath
- 5What does he say is the difference between virtue and vice in both emotion and action?the balance and extremes, the reasonable and appropriate action is judged as a virtue
- 6What is needed to be fully human?reason, this includes a moral sense which involves both understanding and responding
- 7What does he say human choices are based upon?phroenesis, which is practical reason that leads people to making the right ethical decisions
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- Virtue Ethics Flashcards on The Golden Mean, created by Zoe Bone on 01/03/2017.
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