Hey there! I am new to this series and loving it. Followed and upvoted. I’m very interested in the idea that the love of mankind is seen as the number one priority in being virtuous. It’s so different than some other philosophies...for example, in Aristotle’s Poetics he talks about virtue and seems to believe that it lies in living perpetually in the middle ground, i.e. never veering to extremes. It’s funny because I see love as a passionate and almost “extreme” emotion...interesting to ponder the two together!
These are some very good points! I do not believe there is any one quality that achieves virtue. I think that virtue is mastery of fulfilling one's own moral values in the most efficient and fair way possible. I think that virtue is a combination of extremes, compromise, love, and hate. Virtue is the ability to know when which one of these qualities is necessary in order to achieve your own moral values. Thank you for this quality comment! I hope to see you in future articles!
Hi @lilyraabe. As a bird I get around easier that humans so excuse me for eavesdropping. I look at Aristotle as the stuff you make out of Socratic playdough. Still that's not enough to make a human being. Then Augustine and Aquinas arise in and give a meta jump into what is good. I'm just wasting space to write more. Everything already has been said.