2/5/12

Updated Application of Aristotle's Virtues to Mitt Romney

Aristotle had a whole library of virtues so this is We apply each one to the character of Mitt Romney on a Scale of One to Ten. These ascriptions of virtue are drawn from What Nietzsche Really Said. Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins, Shocken Books, NY (2000) p. 178


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Courage - 2 a massive decline. It was 4.
Temperance - 2 an even more massive decline. It was 7.
Liberality - 1 even more massive. It was also 7. 
Magnificence - 8 a jump from 6 due to more awareness of his opulence and the squeaky-cleanness of his trophy family and their relatively gaffe-free performance
Justice and truthfulness - We were unable to award anything on this. It broke the machine.
Wittiness and friendliness - 4 unchanged. The wit is a bit sophomoric and the friendliness sometimes painful to watch, but we need to cut slack somewhere.
Honor - On this biggest of all Aristotelian virtues, we are awarding a 1 out of charity. We honestly can see no reason to trust this man or even be aware of what in any situation he might or might not do.  

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