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Phroenesis
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- 1What is phroenesis and how is it ranked by aristotle ?it is practical reason and is dubbed the master virtue
- 2Where did his realisation of phroenesis stem from, why?his departure from Plato, Socrates believed that a man's purpose in life was to seek wisdom, according to Plato achieving this gave a man a general understanding of the virtues. E.g. if a man understood the nature of justice he would naturally be just
- 3What was a man of virtue for Plato?an exercise in abstract thought
- 4What was a man of virtue for Aristotle?much more about action and skill, you cant just think your way to wisdom
- 5Why does Aristotle think this?he believed everything has a teleos, achieving this purpose leads to arete or excellence. The teleos of man is eudaemonia, and the path to this is paved with decisions made with practical wisdom. The better your decisions the more you will progress, the more of your potentiality you will use.
- 6What does this mean?practical wisdom/phroenesis is the path to happiness and satisfaction
- 7What are the essential ingredients of becoming virtuous?- knowing the teleos of a role or objective
- perception (of particular situations)
- an informed intellect (of absolute truths)
- experience
- deliberative skills
- action - 8What are the three Es?emulation (copying virtuous people
experience (men become builders by building e.g. so we become just by doing acts and temperate by doing temperate acts
education ( habituation) - 9What does Aristotle teach about happiness and eudaemonia?he teaches that a happy life and a virtuous one come hand in hand, the purpose of humans is to be virtuous and reach eudaemonia
- 10What does Arisotle's theory not disregard?pleasure as aristotle says you can get pleasure from being virtuous
- 11Why then have some philosophers deemed this theory deontological?it implies to be virtuous and carry out virtuous acts is fulfilling your duty to reach eudaemonia
- 12Who should we follow and why?we should follow examples of virtuous people despite if they have flaws because virtue is acquired by doing, it is only certain aspects of their characters that we need to follow and learn from
- 13What should we ignore from virtuous people?their limitations and focus on their inspirational parts
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- Virtue Ethics Fichas sobre Phroenesis, creado por Zoe Bone el 01/03/2017.
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