Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics

What is Aristotle’s tentative prescription for moral virtue?

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Aristotle’s overarching principle for moral virtue is the “mean”, i.e. balancing between two vices with the help of practical wisdom. His examples include the virtue of courage as a mean between cowardliness and rashness.

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Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book II

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