Premium Content Courage and Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean
By Anonymous - November 12, 1999
For Aristotle, the doctrine of the mean is a moral frame of reference by which each manâÂÂs character can be better understood. When applied to specific virtues such as courage, it illuminates what Aristotle believes to be the complex relationship among the agent of virtue, his judgment, and his character. However, the worth of the theory of the…
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