PHI 2174 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Theological Virtues, Virtue Ethics
30 Dec 2016
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The cardinal virtues: the theological virtues are one of humility. He acclaims his system is derived from cohesion of society. Human being as the bearer of reasoning. Plato has a dif cult time describing the interaction between the perfect heavenly world and the physical world. Aristotle"s father is a medical doctor, and aristotle is professionally trained as a biologist; humans demonstrate reason thats what separates us from other animals. Our form is rational and our matter is our human bodies. Observations of the natural world and what he sees is that plants, animals and the ecosystem works best when its in balance, stability, consistency, moderation. His ethics is teleological eudiamonia (goal oriented, there is a point or an end to something) eudiamonia translates into good spirit or well being. Thought there was a point to everything like the goal of a rock was to sit heavily on the ground. Our goal as humans is to be happy.
