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Directions: The answers to the essay questions should include a critical analysis and an in depth examination of the issue in question. A critical analysis should NOT be simply an explanation of the arguments or of the view in question but should also include your assessment of whether the author’s arguments are good or bad, and why. It should also include an explanation of your personal view and a philosophical defense of it.
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Running Head: MORAL VIRTUES

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Moral Virtues
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MORAL VIRTUES

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Explain the virtue of magnanimity and two other moral virtues from Book IV. Explain
them in as much detail as possible. Your answer should address the following questions:
What are the extremes that we should avoid? How are pleasure and pain related to the
intermediary or mean? How and in what way is the intermediary (or mean) contextual,
particularistic and relative?

MAGNANIMITY
Magnanimity is the character of a person who views himself or herself as worthy of great
honors. I agree with the author that such people, despite their willingness to accept the deserved
honor, it is always apparent that they do not accept extreme pleasure in those honors. Conceit
and pusillanimity are the extremes of magnanimity which people should avoid. People who
overestimate their self-worth are viewed as proud while those that underestimate their self-worth
are regarded as faint-hearted. Nevertheless, I disagre...


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