In explaining the idea of the golden mean, Aristotle says "both deficiency and excess are equally fatal". Explain this as you would to a smart friend who has never heard of virtue ethics.
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He called this balance the "golden mean." Now, when Aristotle says that "both deficiency and excess are equally fatal," he means that going to either extreme is not good for us. Let's take an example to understand this better. Imagine you have a friend who Show more…
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