Michele Pasin / Quotes

Gentilezza anche verso chi non conta

Non vanno indossati abiti lussuosi, nella frequentazione dei ceti umili. Se il signore rimprovera un collega, il samurai dovrebbe cercare di difenderlo. In…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #confucianism #samurai #ethics #virtue

Onishi contro intuizionismo, formalismo ed edonismo

Onishi si occupa soprattutto dell’etica. Propugna i valori di una morale individuale, discostandosi dalla tendenza generale del pensiero Meiji, incline al…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #ethics #intuition #virtue #pleasure

Virtue ethics and good character

Inspired largely by Aristotle, virtue theorists believe that inculcating certain habits and dispositions is central to being a good person. Ethics is not so…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #virtue #ethics #character

Virtue ethics as a proposal, not a description

Virtue ethics is not a theory about how most people actually make their moral choices, but a proposal for how we should set about making ourselves able to…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #virtue #ethics #character #morality

Gilbert's three kinds of happiness

One researcher who has spent many years trying to get at the answer is a delightful elf of a psychologist named Daniel Gilbert, at Harvard. Other definitions…

Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina) #happiness #emotions #morality #virtue

Asceticism and virtue

The Ascetic.—The ascetic makes out of virtue a slavery.

Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits #virtue