PHIL-202 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Tyrant, Citta, Political Philosophy
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2. ones lost heart-mind is not retrieved: mencius points out that many will resist small. 3. one undernurtures the moral endowments: must be continually cultivated for virtue. 1. the mind does not think in that it does not reflect on what is good within its nature: Our sensory organs are the minor part and the heart mind the major part, but the two systems compete. Moral failures result from the heartmind not fulfilling its function; we have moral conflict over sensory desires and right and wrong we choose to focus on the major or minor part. The minds function is to think and reflect on behaviour; if it does not have a strong will, it cannot overcome the bodily desires. Moral deliberation and a strong will are important; no matter how morally inclined a weak will will always act on sensory desire. Good resolutions, like new years ones, rarely last long. themselves they cannot be moral deprive themselves.
