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lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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what do you consider a virtue?

me: tolerance, wisdom, humility, justice.
asemisldkfj's avatar
18 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
uncertainty, and everything you said.
dannyp's avatar
18 years ago
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dannyp
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virtue:
courage, self-control, generosity, tolerance

deficient vices:
self-indulgence, non generosity, cowardice

excess vices
being rash, lavishness, inhibition
lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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i think typically self-control is simply application of the virtues, which seems unnecessary to include as a virtue. that would be like including virtue as a virtue.

why courage, generosity, self-indulgance, inhibition up there?
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18 years ago
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Courage is the virtuous balance between rash behavior, and cowardice.
Generosity is a virtuous balance between inhibition, and self-indulgence.

Aristotlian virtue is pretty similar to what I am talking about.
lucas's avatar
18 years ago
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i'm asking why did you choose them?

i'm not sure if i believe that generosity is a balance between inhibition and self-indulgance.
lucas's avatar
16 years ago
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fuck justice.
nestor's avatar
16 years ago
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:o
andyp's avatar
16 years ago
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andyp
nothing is wrong - what are you scared of?
D.A.N.C.E.
Fsmart's avatar
16 years ago
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Fsmart
haha
asemisldkfj's avatar
16 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
a caveat about tolerance: it should be Paulo Freire's notion of tolerance.

http://books.google.com/books?id=2cYniU6FkVYC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=freire+on+tolerance&source=web&ots=GlU3J9g-9D&sig=W_-AFLqj1NK32-TeDWe6mLtIE9s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result


I love him.
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16 years ago
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Fsmart
honesty, loyalty, passion, intelligence, courage, and an ability to love (maybe that is a combination of passion and courage)

I don't buy courage as being a balance "between rash behavior, and cowardice". Courage for me is when you recognize a dangerous situation and you choose to step willingly into it despite your own fear.
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16 years ago
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dannyp
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> I don't buy courage as being a balance "between rash behavior, and cowardice".

neither do i
lucas's avatar
16 years ago
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my new list!

1. honesty
2a. willpower
2b. fearlessness
2c. passion
3. love