Virtue Ethics | Virtue and Education | Learning Virtue from Friends

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Dr. Linda Zagzebski is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor and the Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at the University of Oklahoma

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🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:00 👥 Friends as exemplars: Emulating admired friends can lead to moral growth, even if exemplar is distant or fictional.
00:55 🤝 Aristotle's friendship types: Utility/pleasure-based vs. character-based; influence of friends on moral development.
01:49 💞 Friends with good character inspire moral growth; shared activities that exercise virtues foster character friendships.
03:11 ⚖️ Core virtues in friendship: Trust, trustworthiness, sacrifice, love, courage, tenacity, self-control; role of honesty.
04:52 💔 Aristotle's view: Friendship surpasses justice; virtuous friends treat each other beyond what justice requires.
06:17 ❤️ Friendships exceed qualities: Friends see more in each other than the sum of qualities; Plato's Symposium analogy with Silenus statues.
07:09 🤔 Friends reflect better selves: Close friends may inspire us to aspire to a higher self; friends' role in acquiring virtues through this reflection.