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| To have one's attitudes and actions in a mean is to feel and manifest each attitude at such times, on such matters, toward such people, for such reasons, and in such ways as are proper |
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| A mean/intermediate disposition regarding attitudes and actions |
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| A disposition toward mean or intermediate attitudes and actions |
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| Doctrine of the Mean vs. Doctrine of Moderation |
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| the doctrine of the mean does not necessarily amount to the recommendation of moderation, since there may be contexts in which the phronimos will get very angry, or very sad, or will burst with joy |
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| Six possible states of character |
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Godlike excellence ("superhuman virtue")
Ordinary excellence ("virtue")
Self-control ("continence") person wants to act bad but forces themselves to act virtuously
Weakness of will ("incontinence") wants to act badly, tries to act virtuously, fails
Badness of character ("vice") wants to act badly, does so without resistance, thinking it's good
Brutishness not an object of normal, moral appraisal; subhuman |
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