PHI 2380 Study Guide - Final Guide: Voluntary Action, Practical Reason
10 Apr 2015
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Virtue of character: your actions become your habits, your habits become your character, you act virtuously because it brings you pleasure. If acting in what seems like a virtuous manner does not bring you pleasure, then you don"t really possess that virtue. Just knowledge of the craft: what makes you a good carpenter is your knowledge of the craft, not your character/motives, either you have knowledge of the craft or you don"t. In terms of virtue, character and motives are of key importance: but then he recants seems hesitant regarding how big of a role knowledge plays in virtue. Is virtue a state or a feeling: feelings come and go (ex: anger) Their states what is virtuous is being in a certain state in relation to your feelings: virtue and vice are states, not feeling how people relate to their feelings. If you get angry over everything, it"s a vice.
