front 1 Socrates | back 1 an ancient philosopher who was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth. He believed virtue was knowledge. |
front 2 Plato | back 2 was a student of Socrates and founded the academy |
front 3 Aristotle | back 3 student of Plato and believed in the golden mean |
front 4 Virtue | back 4 A good quality you have to consciously practice |
front 5 Habituation | back 5 doing virtuous acts time and time again to become a habit |
front 6 Temperance | back 6 restraining yourself so you do nothing excess (eating for nourishment) |
front 7 Courage | back 7 doing something even though you may be nervous or scared of doing it |
front 8 Delphi | back 8 where the temple of apollo is located and has "Know Thyself" engraved over the entrance The oracle was at Delphi and told Plato he was the smartest of them all. |
front 9 Happiness | back 9 Living a life of virtue and habitual excellence (the highest good of a human life) |
front 10 Wealth | back 10 The position of lots of money/valuables Aristotle believed it was an external good that was needed for a happy life. |
front 11 Honesty | back 11 speaking what is true to you not necessary what is true (if you truly believe that the earth is flat and say its flat you are being truthful) |
front 12 Generosity | back 12 giving the right amount, to the right people, at the right time, for the right reasons. (giving something of value not something you don't care about and doing so nobly not for recognition) |
front 13 Justice | back 13 giving people what they deserve (rectifying wrongs through compensation or punishment) |
front 14 Virtue Ethics | back 14 practicing virtues so much that they no longer become a practice they just become who you are. |
front 15 Deliberation | back 15 thinking about your actions from multiple different perspectives and taking virtues into account when making decisions |
front 16 Excellence | back 16 living life rationally and virtuously (intellectual excellence is developed through teaching and experience, moral excellence is developed through habit) |
front 17 Practical wisdom | back 17 an intellectual virtue using action and experience. (making decisions based on perception, deliberation, and judgment) needs unity of virtues and deliberation |
front 18 Wise | back 18 being habitual with virtues and deliberation |
front 19 Transcendent good | back 19 looking beyond the material world (truth, goodness, beauty, and unity) |
front 20 Inquiry | back 20 the active pursuit of truth |
front 21 Rationality | back 21 making actions based on logic, evidence, and coherence (not contradicting yourself, looking at facts) |
front 22 Flourishing | back 22 living a life full of fulfillment, purpose, and moral excellence. (being good and doing good in a way that aligns with your values) used interchangeably with happiness |
front 23 Pleasure | back 23 indulging in fleeting satisfaction (necessary but does not supply happiness/ a natural companion to virtuous activity) |
front 24 Knowledge | back 24 justified true belief that must have belief, truth, justification |