Ethics and Values / Unit 6 Ethics 256 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Moderation Misreading
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The idea
The mean is not moderation in everything: some acts and passions — spite, envy, murder — have no right amount, and right anger can be fierce.
In practice
A parent confronting a bully's coach is not failing at calmness. On the doctrine's own terms, fierce can be the mean.
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