“Virtue is a state of character concerned with choice, lying in the mean relative to us.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Virtue is your life’s adaptive AI — it learns from your daily choices like Spotify curates playlists. Just as phones auto-adjust screen brightness to your environment, … Read more
“Acts are called just or temperate only if done as a virtuous person would do them.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 4(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical behavior is your life’s smart assistant — just as Siri fails without WiFi and intent, virtuous acts require wisdom (📡), intentionality (🎯), and integrity (🔒). … Read more
“Virtue requires knowledge, choice, and a stable character; mere action is insufficient.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 4(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is a three-factor authentication system — knowledge (password), choice (SMS code), and character (fingerprint) must align. Like a smartphone rejecting forced smiles for FaceID, true virtue fails without … Read more
“Virtue and vice are voluntary; we become unjust by choosing unjust acts.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 5(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is your life’s character creator — every choice (like a video game dialogue option) codes your moral DNA. Skip homework once → unlock “Cheater” trait; tutor peers daily … Read more
“To hit the mean is hard, especially in particulars; for perception, not reason, must judge each case.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 9(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is smartphone autofocus — textbook rules (📖) often miss real-life complexity, while situational awareness (👁️) dynamically adjusts. Like night mode cameras balancing light/dark, … Read more
“One extreme is closer to the mean than the other; foolhardiness resembles courage more than cowardice does.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 8(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Moral judgment is like smartphone photo filters — foolhardiness (over-edited bravery滤镜) looks closer to courage (natural shot), while cowardice (blurred image) is clearly defective. Just … Read more
“The extremes are more opposed to each other than to the mean, as cowardice and foolhardiness are both contrary to courage.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 8(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is GPS navigation for extremes — cowardice (left exit) and foolhardiness (right exit) both miss courage’s highway. Like a … Read more
“Righteous indignation is a mean between envy and spite; it feels pain at undeserved good fortune.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 7(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Ethical emotions are like a social media algorithm — envy (😒) and spite (😈) are toxic extremes, while righteous indignation acts as the justice-seeking filter. It’s … Read more
“Modesty is not a virtue, but the modest man is praised for moderation in shame.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 7(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Modesty is social media’s privacy settings — oversharing (excessive shame) and ghosting (shamelessness) both fail, while ethical humility filters personal wins with context. Like calibrating a fitness … Read more
“Friendliness is moderation in social conduct; excess is obsequiousness, deficiency is quarrelsomeness.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 7(Translated by W.D. Ross) 🔍 Core Idea Friendliness is your social WiFi router — it balances connection strength between clingy signals (📶 overload) and dead zones (📵 disconnect). Like setting phone notifications to “priority only,” ethical sociability … Read more