Part of Plato's case for his view that we must be moral in order to be truly happy rests on a discussion of the four cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. I use The Story of ...

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In a previous post, I offered some thoughts from Aristotle about genuine happiness. Now I'd like to turn to some of Plato's beliefs on the matter, which are similar but not exactly the same as what ...

This article explores the connections between analytic philosophy and applied ethics — both historical and substantive. Historically speaking, applied ethics is a child of analytic philosophy. It ...