Hi, I never did get any response to the following emails sent on Jan 27th and 28th: 30651, 30657, 30658. That could be because I'm not doing something...
... Thanks for this. Simply forgot... ... in the light of what we understand today about the workings of the brain, Virtue is better defined by "the perfection...
The Stoic position is 'do what virtue requires'. With respect to actions A, B, C, in situations X, Y Z, sometimes the Stoic would do those things, and ...
I prefer to avoid jargon except when necessary, so in the original post I used the phrase "long term happiness" for Eudaimonia, which I explicitly contrasted...
I've addressed this issue, yet again, in the other post. Innate virtue is only part of the story. The other part is Reason, which is another universal....
Which is it, fellows? (A) Are Ethics "Objective", pure and absolute, springing full grown from the divine forehead of Zeus? (B) Are Ethics "Normative",...
That's not quite what "normative <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative> " means. In general it means "relating to an ideal standard or model". So, you could...
To my limited understanding, the only difference between someone who acts virtuously by chance, and the one who does so deliberately, is that the former is as...
Matt, Normative is anything but subjective and realtive. You ahve your terms confused. Look it up on wiki. Normative does not mean 'normal'. Normative...
... If for instance you are taken prisoner by the enemy, and you have reason to believe that his interrogation methods are sufficiently well developed for your...
... I prefer to avoid jargon except when necessary, so in the original post I used the phrase "long term happiness" for Eudaimonia, which I explicitly...
... go home to read a bedtime story to my child? The problem there is that both acts are virtuous, but I only have time for one.<<< It is your intention and...
Theo writes in response to my post: _________________ Â No, because in Stoicism, virtue is universal, and accessible through reason, which is also universal. ...
For what is unique and universal about all rational beings we agree: a)Â they have reason b)Â they have potential for virtue c) it is good to strive to...
... I don't think I got an answer to my query regarding how the practitioner knows their practice is going in the right direction. And I recall asking how one...
Of course, I understand what you purport to mean when you use the word "normative" in a philosophical sense. Philosophical normative "Norms" refer to sentences...
... So when you use the term "long term happiness" do you mean what the ancients meant by /eudaimonia/? Why not simply use /eudaimonia/? Or does "long term...
... The best place to start is contained in the words following 'concept'--a thing's nature is it's _proper_ functioning, it's correct or ideal state. Human...
... Not necessarily... Remember that for the Stoics the "action" you perform is the making of a choice, not a physical, external deed. Imagine a perfect Sage...
... Is it rationality, or does it include rationality? We are also social animals, so our "nature' requires us to be ideally social etc etc. Which takes me...
Oikeiosis, which is short leads to our social aspect, IS considered a function of rationality. Rationality is not just how one thinks, it is how one acts in...
... ***** I am in total agreement with everything you have said up until this point... ... ***** Here I completely disagree..._at least_ terminologically but...
... Thanks for the clarification Grant. I think the ancient Stoics have much to teach us (and we have much to unlearn to understand them.) That being said, ...
... ***** Please actually read Moore before you say this again. ... ***** Um....OK. I am using the term "normative" in sense '1' or sense '3' of this...
... --the biggest problem is that our _desires_ conflict with our moral awareness. (Desires or emotions--the same situations arise when we know that it's wrong...
And . . . (2) of the (4) cardinal virtues are just for these two major divisions of the passions: moderation for desires and courage for aversions. Steve ...
... And yet, in "A Little Book of Stoicism" St.George Stock writes: "To be happy then was to be virtuous, to be virtuous was to be rational, to be rational...
... Let me try again. I completely agree that long-term "happiness" is connected (partially) with eudaimonia. If someone has eudaimonia then they will also...
Assume for a moment that you, despising the taste of tomatoes, rename them as "bad-matoes". From that point on, you define tomatoes as "bad" even though what ...
Hi folks, I'm having trouble understanding Musonius's reference to the treasures of Croesus and Cinyras as the last degree of poverty (Mus. Frag. XXXIV). I've...
