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Aristotelian Golden Mean

The Aristotelian Golden Mean is the ethical doctrine that moral virtue lies in…

Aristotle's Doctrine of the Golden Mean

Aristotle's Doctrine of the Golden Mean holds that moral virtue lies in a…

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a tenth-century-BCE treatise on virtue ethics…

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Eudaimonia

Eudaimonia is the central concept of Aristotelian ethics denoting human…

Eudaimonia (Aristotle)

Eudaimonia is Aristotle's term for the highest human good, achieved through the…

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Phronesis (Practical Wisdom)

Phronesis is the Aristotelian intellectual virtue of practical wisdom that…

Phronesis (Practical Wisdom)

Phronesis is Aristotle's intellectual virtue of practical wisdom that…

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Socrates: Virtue is Knowledge

Socrates' doctrine that virtue is knowledge holds that all moral excellence…

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Virtue Ethics

Virtue ethics is a normative theory that locates moral worth in the character…