PHIL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kantian Ethics, Deontological Ethics
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Human excellence is of two kinds - intellectual and moral. Ex. harp-players come to be harp players by playing the harp. By doing just actions, we come to be just. Our habits are produced from the acts of working life to them comes from custom. All excellence makes that whereof it is the excellence makes that whereof it is the excellence both to be itself in a good state and to perform its work well . Property of virtue is to feel emotions of fear, confidence, lust, anger, compassion and pleasure and pain when we ought to on occasions when we should. Virtue is concerned with feelings and actions. Virtue is a mean state, has an aptitude of aiming at the mean. Both the excess and defect belong to the vice. Virtue is being able to exercise deliberate choice. Middle state between two faulty ones; in between excess and defect.
