Sadler's Lectures

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 where in the course of discussing the virtue of courage (which includes greatness of soul) - he raises the question whether private life or public life provides a better field for exercising the virtue of courage. Although he does think that public life provides a fuller context, it is also beset with more temptations and obstacles to developing or maintaining virtue.

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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 Cicero's claims that courage is not only concerned with the emotion of fear, but also the emotions of desire, pleasure, pain, and anger. This is the Stoic position on the emotions, and differs from other virtue ethics perspectives on courage, particularly those of Plato and Aristotle

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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 a set of guidelines that ought to govern our dispositions, choices, and actions of benevolence or beneficence. These include criteria such as whether the person deserves our generosity, the need to remain within our own means and that we do not do harm to other persons with our benevolence.

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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 different ways in which human beings are related to each other - from belonging to the same human race or species, to being members or fellow citizens of the same political community, to being members of the same local community, to being family or friends with each other.

Each of these types of relationships - which can be understood in terms of concentric circles - involves some duties of beneficence (one form of the virtue of justice) between people. Which of them has a higher or more stringent demand upon us? Cicero views the state or political community as having the highest, but also includes family as well.

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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 two main divisions or parts of the virtue of justice. There is justice in the strict sense, and then there is beneficence (beneficientia) - or quite literally "doing good to others". This includes generosity (liberalitas) and kindness (benignitas).

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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 duties of justice that we owe towards enemies when we are at war with them.

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If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

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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 duties that we owe towards those who do wrong, harm, or insult to us or those we care about. In Cicero's view, punishment, retribution, or vindication ought to be maintained within limits, or it becomes unjust. He focuses particularly on deterrence as a main reason for punishing. He also affirms the Stoic position that anger is a bad thing, so that this emotion is liable to lead us to punish in ways that are unfair, inconsistent, or excessive.

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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 whether a person can commit injustice through failing to act. Cicero's answer is that this is indeed possible, and he discusses several motives for this, including the seemingly positive one of being exclusively concerned with philosophy.

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If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

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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 question of whether all promises could be kept or whether justice allows of some exceptions to keeping faith (fides) or fulfilling promises.

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

If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM

You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

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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 temperance as one of the cardinal virtues, and as one of the main sources of our duties as human beings.

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

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You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler

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