PHIL 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Philip Zimbardo, Stoicism, The Emotions
26 Jul 2018
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Values are neither contrary to nature nor part of nature. Acquiring virtue requires training and practice so that they become habits. Only a virtue when it becomes who you are. Crucial (but not infallible) for e ective navigation of the moral world. (aristotle) Good character and good lives requires external goods. Outside factors can a ect our ability to ourish. We can educate ourselves, try to build virtuous habits through education, training, friendships, and social engagement. We require factors outside our control are necessary too: Both aristotle and the stoics assume that through habit, training, education, human beings can develop stable character traits that will motivate virtuous behavior across a wide range of situations. Psychologists in the situationist tradition challenge this assumption. The movement in psychology claiming that human action is more determined by external situational circumstances than stable character traits or internal motivations.
