There are countless ways to discuss this, but all theories lead back to the same concept. Instead we’ll explore what different thinkers have thought (leaving the final call up to you). Likewise, “ vice” is simply the absence of virtue, that which does not lead to happiness (that which we generally consider “bad” qualities).įor Aristotle a virtue was a mean between two vices, for Smith and Hume virtue was just the aspect of our emotion/sentiments/feelings that compelled us to act positively, to Aquinas it was an attribute bestowed upon us by God.Īre virtue and vice physic or metaphysic? Are they natural or divine? That isn’t the question to answer here. Instead, virtue should be understood as any positive sentiment that leads to the happiness of ourselves and others (the “good” qualities a person can possess so to speak). What are Vice and Virtues?Īlthough we can, we shouldn’t just understand “ virtue” as some floating metaphysical form.
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That also means we will discuss virtue theories like Aristotle’s Theory of “Golden” Means, Plato’s Theory of Forms, Smith’s Moral Sentiments, Kant’s metaphysics of Morals, Hume empirical theories on morals, the Greek concept of arete, the Christian virtues and vices, the chivalric virtues of the Code of Chivalry, Plato and Aristotle’s ideal city state (and the related “ virtues of the state“), Montesquieu’s “springs” (the virtues as they relate to different types of laws under different types of governments the “ virtues of the laws“) from his Spirit of the Laws, and other longstanding virtue theories pertaining to vices and virtues of all sorts. That means we will discuss a range of “ virtue theories” pertaining to both “ moral virtues” and other types of virtues (such as virtues related to specific “ spheres of life,” such as statesmanship in the political sphere, health in the physical sphere, friendship in the social sphere, etc).
We present a list of vices and virtues and look at vices and virtues as understood by philosophers like Aristotle and Aquinas.
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How to Understand the Classical Vices and Virtues Virtue Theory, Moral Philosophy, and Chivalry as Understood Throughout the Ages
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