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5.1 · Character & Virtue

Character, Integrity & Identity · 5.1
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Core

Section titled “Core”

The Road to Character

David Brooks
Résumé virtues vs. eulogy virtues, illustrated through eight lives. The distinction my Level 2 is circling without naming.
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Deepen

Section titled “Deepen”

Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle (Crisp or Ross translation)
"Aristotle’s virtue ethics" from my hierarchy. Excellence as habit, not as event — and the doctrine of the mean, which is the classical argument against perfectionism.
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The Second Mountain

David Brooks
From achievement to commitment. The transition I’ll face in my thirties, described in advance.
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Reference

Section titled “Reference”

After Virtue

Alasdair MacIntyre
Academic and difficult. Why modern moral language fragmented. Only if 5.1 genuinely grips me.
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