NIJamesHughes Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Are there any other virtues besides those in the Virtue of Selfishness? If so what are they and who presented them? Thank you James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sesklo Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 There are a ton of things that people claim are virtues. Aristotle had a list (Read Nichomachean Ethics), and so did almost every other philosopher, whether they made an explicit list or not. Here's a fun exercise: without using anyone else's ideas, try to make a list of your own virtues. Then next to each, explain why they are good qualities to have. Then compare to Rand or Aristotle, or any other mind you respect. I find that to be a very good way of thinking out why those philosophers chose the virtues they did, and of finding out if they missed any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_feldblum Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 Plenty. The virtues Rand listed in VoS don't exhaust the list. As evidence, Peikoff's list in OPAR is not identical to Rand's. The trick to discovering virtues is to identify values, and then identify what actions are necessary to achieve those values. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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