Eudaimonia on Pablo Parguiña's Websitehttps://pabloparguina.net/tags/eudaimonia/Recent content in Eudaimonia on Pablo Parguiña's WebsiteHugoen-USMon, 24 Aug 2026 21:38:23 +0200Virtue, competence and vice management - thoughts on Nicomachean Ethicshttps://pabloparguina.net/blog/virtue_and_competence/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:38:23 +0200https://pabloparguina.net/blog/virtue_and_competence/<p>I&rsquo;ve been reading Aristotle and enjoying it quite a bit. Let&rsquo;s have fun together with a hypothetical.</p> <h2 id="courage">Courage</h2> <p>Dexter has been doing MMA for a few years now. He is confident that, for the most part, he can handle an aggressive rando who threatens his friends or family. He does fear getting injured (quite a lot, actually), but he knows that he is competent enough at this point that this is unlikely to happen. However, if he thought he&rsquo;d likely get hurt he&rsquo;d turn tail and potentially abandon his loved ones.</p>