habit As diamonds cut diamonds, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too.Cyrus Bartol Tweet More quotes about: ...
As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of...
However, the situation is not that simple. It might, in fact, be that perspective-taking is not a virtue, but a skill. Battaly resorts once again to Aristotle in theNicomachean Ethicsto illustrate the analogies and the differences between the two concepts. A skill can be defined as ‘an ...
Second-hand consumption is on the rise (Ferraro et al.,2016) with consumers who purchase second-hand clothes motivated by reinforcing combinations of economic, hedonistic, and ethical factors, encouraging—for some—a ‘virtuous cycle’ of consumer behaviour (Machado et al.,2019). However, despite...
As Aristotle suggests, his own ethical theory can’t lead one to have good habits. A proper moral education is needed first and then the theory just helps fine tune behavior. I would say the same holds for just about every version of ethical theory in the West. Confucian role ethics on ...
(Aristotle2000). Thus, the observation of moral behaviour in an empirical study, which is usually conducted during a short period, does not necessarily confirm that a participant has completely integrated moral virtue into his/her self. In addition, we should be aware of the possibility of ...
A major ecological target should be to de-escalate compulsive drives and mass consumption behaviors by creating more subjectivity. In the ecosophic vision, the subjective individual is part of the definition of ecology: “nothing will be possible without a profound ecological transformation of ...