PHIL250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Joule
5 Jan 2016
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Phronesis involves choice and deliberation; do not have by birth; is a matter of what is advantageous to lead us to the right sort of thing, the end, to apply universal to particular situations properly (through experience). Unifies all virtues through reason, active deliberation guided by attainment of virtue. Its an active condition that resembles virtue; attached to nous, guided by/governed by nous which is part of you (am intellectual capacity, the highest good). We don"t have pj by birth, we need to achieved it. It is concerned with the intellect in a broad sense. Person with pj gathers virtues and makes themselves one. Virtue is necessary for pj (we need to be good); it leads us to the right end, the goal, complete human virtue. You need to be clever to get the right end. Virtue is a matter of particulars so you need experience to learn to do the right sorts of things.
