@tipsfromkatee @SamoBurja Its not that the habits cause the consequences that is interesting for the VE, but the habits forming the person.
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Replying to @GKBesterfriend
@KarmaKaiser@SamoBurja for virtue ethics to be non-consequentialist, it has to advocate virtues even when they result in less future virtue2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@SamoBurja I think it can just say "the reason you do this is primarily for the goods internal to you"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GKBesterfriend
@KarmaKaiser@SamoBurja why optimise for the goods internal to you instead of the goods internal to everyone?5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @GKBesterfriend
@KarmaKaiser@SamoBurja by definition for VE to be an alternative to consequentialism virtue must sometimes make the world a worse place2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@SamoBurja I think we're mixing up causation and justification of reasons for action here.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GKBesterfriend
@KarmaKaiser@SamoBurja "must sometimes make the world a worse place on expectation", then4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GapOfGods
@tipsfromkatee@SamoBurja A VE would argue that by and large, Ned Stark was virtuous, he's a disaster by consequentialist standards.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @GKBesterfriend
@KarmaKaiser@tipsfromkatee@SamoBurja what about tony stark1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@drethelin @KarmaKaiser @SamoBurja or johannes stark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Stark … who "attempted to become the führer of german physics"
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