Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Virtuous thinking, Kant wrote, is like good carpentry: It builds strong ideas in harmony with one another.

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexander T. Englert, University of Richmond (THE CONVERSATION) What makes a life ...

(The Conversation) — What makes a life virtuous? The answer might seem simple: virtuous actions – actions that align with morality. But life is more than doing. Frequently, we just think. We observe ...