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<span><span><b><font><span>The Institute for Ethics in Public Life invites you to join us for "</span></font>On the Way to Virtue: A Comparison of the Pursuit of Virtue in Aristotle and Tsunetomo<font><span>"
on Thursday, April 23, at 3:30pm with special guest Dr. Kenneth
Leonardo, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of
Government, Hamilton College. </span></font></b></span></span>
<div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span><span><b><font><span> </span></font></b><br></span></span><div style="margin-left:40px"><span><span>From
Dr. Leonardo: "In this talk, I compare Aristotle’s view of
nobility-and-goodness (καλοκαγαθία) in the context of Ancient Greece
with Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s view of the way of the warrior (bushidō or
武士道) for the Japanese samurai. This analysis is vital because it sets up
a comparison between two distinguished cultures to highlight some
unduly neglected similarities and pivotal differences. In the Eudemian
Ethics, Aristotle stressed that the noble-and-good human being has the
noble goods, is virtuous, and does noble things for their own sake. In
the <i>Hagakure</i>, Tsunetomo gave prominence to serving one’s lord,
honoring one’s parents, benefiting others, and being courageous in the
face of death. While there are some striking contrasts between these
warrior cultures, there are also notable parallels raising questions for
us about the function of honor in the pursuit of justice and moral
virtue when confronting injustice in the political community, the role
of piety, and lastly, the place of the highest truth or wisdom in the
warrior way of life." <b><font><span> </span></font></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-left:40px"><span><span><b><font><span><br></span></font></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-left:40px">
If you'd like to learn more before this conversation, Dr. Leonardo has written short overviews about <a href="https://theconversation.com/seeking-honor-is-a-double-edged-sword-from-ancient-greece-to-samurai-japan-thinkers-have-wrestled-with-whether-its-the-way-to-virtue-262005" target="_blank">the relationship between honor and virtue</a> and about teaching the '<a href="https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-way-of-the-warrior-students-investigate-the-arts-of-war-and-peace-in-this-course-about-virtue-and-the-ethics-of-violence-242465" target="_blank">way of the warrior</a>' for <i>The Conversation</i>.
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<b>Note that this is on Thursday, not Wednesday like most other Institute events. </b></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"> <span><span><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;margin-left:40px" class="gmail_default"><span><span>Topic: On the Way to Virtue<br>Time: Apr 23, 2026 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/84364770081&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1776864933177535&usg=AOvVaw1aJh7O8ggTZfmoMGiAxfHS" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/84364770081</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 843 6477 0081<br>---<br>One tap mobile<br>+19294362866,,84364770081# US (New York)<br>+16469313860,,84364770081# US<b><font><span> </span></font></b></span></span>
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