PHIL 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phronesis, Eudaimonia
28 Nov 2018
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Kant argues that no rational person could not will a maxim to be a universal law. Not concerned with actions that are derived as right or wrong, ve wants to consider what kinds of person are moral or immoral. Must acquire training throughout life: education, parents limiting us. Morally right person with right desires are more likely to understand what is virtuous. Highest good is happiness, the good life. Reasons are not derived, for ve, it has to be tempered by feelings. State of virtue is a distinct disposition in which we think, feel, or react to something: habitual, educated in and continually do but instinctively. We can do what is right, or act rightly: acting rightly is the virtue. Phronesis or through practical wisdom, we can understand the central point of too much and too little: virtues have corresponding vices. Radical approach: forcing virtues to become habits. We need phronesis to identify the right course of action.
