PHIL 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stoicism
26 Jul 2018
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Ethics should be focused on character rather than actions. Stoics believe we have total control over our fate. Stoics believe certain emotions like anger are always bad. In a word, everything which is our own doing. Moral and intellectual virtues are necessary for eudemonia. (similarly to. Moral and intellectual virtues are su cient for eudemonia (di ers with aristotle) Anyone can acquire these virtues (di ers with aristotle) Virtues are only things of value, nothing else matters. We have total control over the degree of ourishing of our lives. We just have to acquire the virtues and live virtuously for eudemonia. Minimize (ideally eliminate) attachments ro anything outside our control including: wealth, external goods, health, people. This allows you to maintain tranquility at both good fortune and bad fortune. Through good education and habitual training, we can develop virtues that help us lead good lives, but Human beings ourish when they live according to human virtues.
