Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean Ethics.

Specifically it focuses focuses on his discussion in books 3 and 7 of the voluntary and involuntary, what counts as compulsion, how compulsion removes or mitigates moral responsibility, and how the state Aristotle calls "brutality" can function similarly to compulsion.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean Ethics.

Specifically it focuses focuses on his discussion of deliberation (boulē, bouleusis) about means for ends, discussed in book 3.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean Ethics.

Specifically it focuses focuses on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics book 3, and examines his assessment of human beings' responsibility for the development of their own moral character.

While acknowledging the importance of factors such as culture, family, upbringing, education, and habituation, Aristotle holds human beings largely responsible for the good or bad character - the virtuous or vicious dispositions - which they develop and display.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Aristotle's work of moral theory, the Nicomachean Ethics.

Specifically it focuses focuses on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics book 3, and examines his distinction between the voluntary and involuntary, including actions that are mixed, partly voluntary and partly involuntary

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations

Specifically it examines he question of whether justice has a priority over the other virtues. Or, more precisely, whether the duties associated with justice have a priority over the duties associated with the other virtues.

Cicero does give justice and its duties this priority, and he provides some lines of argument for why this would be the case. He maintains that justice does have priority over wisdom and courage, but he says that it does not have priority over temperance, at least in one respect.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations

Specifically it examines the "four characters" - a classic Stoic conception of what we are responsible for and what we are not responsible for.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations

Specifically it examines the virtue of Temperance. One interesting aspect of this virtue he discusses has to do with our living quarters. Cicero focuses specifically upon houses, but there is no reason we cannot extend his advice, considerations, and guidelines to rentals or even to dorm rooms.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations

Specifically it examines he virtue of Temperance. One main dimension of temperance or moderation is speech and conversation, and Cicero provides a number of guidelines for how temperance is displayed in our communication with others.

Some of these have to do with how one speaks with or to others, but Cicero is still more focused on the content of what one says. Some topics, in his view, ought to be avoided. He also considers how we ought to display humor or wit.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations

Specifically it examines the virtue of Temperance. One main dimension of temperance or moderation is action and behavior, and Cicero provides three general guidelines for what temperance requires.

He also provides more specific discussion of aspects of temperance in actions and behavior, including the way in which one does things, the motivation of health rather than pleasure, and the importance of consistency.

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This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations

Specifically it examines his short discussion about how faction or partisan divisions arise within a society. Generally, this takes place because those involved in government give priority to their own individual good or the good of a part of the community, over the common good.

Cicero also discusses "electioneering" - a common practice in the century leading up to the fall of the Roman Republic - and how it can be problematic. He sets out rules for how a person ought to engage their political rivals and opponents - treating them as common members of their shared society, rather than as enemies.

To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler

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