Rational brain · Systems, Incentives & Ethics
Virtue Ethics (Aristotle)
Character is built by repeated action; the question is not 'what is the rule?' but 'what would a person of practical wisdom do here, and what am I becoming by doing this?'
An everyday example
A founder who asks, before each hard call, which decision the leader they want to be would make.
What it can cost you
Treating character as fixed; letting small compromises accumulate into who you are.
Warning signs
- Each compromise is small and they are adding up.
- I judge decisions only by results.
One thing to do
Name the virtues you are building; review decisions by what they practised, not only what they produced.
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