Virtue Ethics: Plato's Laches

[@michaelpisciarino5348]

*Virtue Ethics* Foundational Question: What kind of person should I be? 2:03 Good Character Traits or Character Strengths 4:14 Intellect 8:24 List of Good Character Traits 9:23 One Virtue (Courage) 10:18 Laches ( *Not running away. Stand and Fight* Purely behavioral ) 12:00 Courage Community 12:45 False Positives (Fits the definition, but doesn't seem like courage) 13:10 False Negatives (Actually courageous things but aren't included in the definition) False Negatives 14:20 Washington Running Away (Strategic Mouse Maneuver.) 15:03 Spartan Flanking (running away to circle around the enemy) 16:00 Scorched Earth Policy 19:25 You have to pick your battles. False Positive (Illegitimate courage) (Improper 17:53 Not fleeing when a hurricane comes 28:51 Psychopath has no fear Vulnerability 25:16 Does it matter which side you are on (same capability for courage)? 31:30 There are rational and irrational fears 32:30 Taking soldiers hostage, Prison Camps 35:13 Courage is a kind of endurance of the soul Socrates- Ok. What endurance? Response- *Wise Endurance of The Soul* 37:38 Resilience, Consistency, Persistence 39:19 Problem of reality making you incapable to endure 40:58 The Wise piece. (Think you will succeed vs think you will fail) 44:30 Wisely running from an enemy and not stopping, that's wise endurance but it does not feel like courage 44:45 *Knowing The Grounds of Fear and Confidence* aka Knowing what to fear and not to fear (Death or Dishonor. Personal Safety or Safety of Nation?) 46:18 Objection. Knowing is different from doing.

[@zachduell7333]

You are a good teacher. Keep up the good work.

[@PhiloofAlexandria]

Thank you! 😃

[@lloyddarbon5034]

Thanks for this lecture. Very helpful. Is there a video for the 'next time' when you promised to discuss the knowledge one?

[@endlessnoise9173]

1:42 Bless you.

[@nanyi8411]

Excellent class. I'm studying Plato's Laches and trying to find an answer to the question: is cowardice a kind of ignorance? This was super helpful. Thank you for uploading

[@vm1974]

Hi Nanyi, are you by any chance studying for TM04? 😊

[@nanyi8411]

@@vm1974 Oh yes!!!! What a coincidence! I'm writing my essay, racking my brains lol

[@vm1974]

@@nanyi8411 I just started with it, I am very late and equally desperate 😂

[@edwarddoheny19]

just a question, can the soul mean in some light ( the good). if so "wise endurance of the soul" could mean then not giving up on what we can live up to because we want to be happy, then carrying out of our morals

[@tatsumakisempyukaku]

Courage seems to be a preservative.

[@janlauterbach7520]

Very useful!

[@leonthalion]

Re courage and sides on a war. Would a German fighting in WW2, who commits an act of valour in war, that is diametrically apposed to the central Dogma that makes them “evil” not be a courageous act? Such as for example a German not taking a Jewish child from their parents and lying to their superiors?