📚 node [[lets explore virtues]]

We think of virtuous things as being positive...but too much or too little of anything renders them virtue-less.

I like this exploration of Aristotle's 12 virtues [https://kevinhabits.com/aristotles-12-virtues-from-courage-to-magnificence-patience-to-wit/ click here]

Aristotle's Virtues. [https://kevinhabits.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/aristotle-12-virtues-768x568.png source]

In other words, all these virtues are variables.

Where would you place yourself on the scales?

What helps us to be balanced (at the mean point of each virtue?)

Franklin's virtues. [http://www.thirteenvirtues.com/img/13virtueschart.jpg source]

How does this relate to the [[PANAS 10]] scale?

Benjamin Franklin created a system to monitor his [http://www.thirteenvirtues.com/ 13 virtues] in a highly disciplined way.

Some of Aristotle's and Franklin's virtues are identical. Some are similar but some are very different.

John David Garcia identified ethics as the rules of optimal behavior. His evolutionary ethic is maximising creativity and it's logical equivalents of awareness, truth and love. Read more [http://see.org/garcia/e-ct-glo.htm here].

What is your list of virtues?

How will you monitor your progress in achieving them?

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