PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Habituation, Thought Experiment, Omnipotence
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Virtue is a state that is somehow between extremes something that you can choose in the middle. Happiness is an activity that has to be essentially human. Ultimately, the most important human characteristic is the capacity for rational thought: aristotle(cid:495)s answer to the meno question: habit. Virtue is teachable through habituation of virtuous activity. Doing the right thing over and over again. But you may not have the motivation to do so because you aren(cid:495)t accustomed to doing the right things but it will get easier as you: problems: the diversity and disharmony of value practice. Not all virtues are compatible with one another. Aristotle criticizes plato of his idea of one big perfect form of goodness does not make room for diversity of goods. Then it goes on to ontology as it starts to ask what it is to be (cid:494)me(cid:495).
