Philosophy 3170F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sophia (Wisdom), Fundamental Attribution Error, Intellectual Virtue
8 Oct 2018
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Two parts to his virtue theory: doctrine of the mean and specific virtues, intellectual virtues and practical wisdom. Virtues as rigid, context-insensitive causes of behaviour: depends on the context to whether someone will act virtuous: the theory of virtues assumes that if someone is virtuous in one context, he will be in all. Deliberation ( search : wish (starting-point of reasoning, desire for the goal, decision/choice (starting-point of action, desire to do this particular action that my deliberation has shown to be how to get to. We do not deliberate about ends the goal: our values are fixed in our character, we need to develop a good character in order to value the ends, deliberation is about how to achieve our ends. Practical wisdom involves a kind of moral sensitivity (like perception) Ne ii 2: matters concerned with conduct (1104a3-10) Ne ii 9: to sum up, it is by doing (1109b13-23)
