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Pt1420 Week 3 Discussion Questions

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1. “It is obvious that a man cannot just be; he can only be what he is by doing what he does; his moral qualities are ascribed to him because of his actions, which are said to manifest those qualities. But the point is that an ethic of Being must include this obvious fact, that Being involves Doing, whereas an ethics of Doing, such as I have been examining may easily overlook it. “The heroes and saints did not merely give us principle to live by……: they gave us an examples to follow.’’ ( Mayo, 314)
2. I believe that this paragraph indicate that anyone or what should I say? Everyone in the planet? , they can't just be who they are without taking some action to it. He is saying that a man can only describe what kind of man this person is by observing how he act or being. The author point out that being has to involve in doing because in order to describe what other are being, …show more content…

But I believe he also said that we act and be who we are by observing the life of others and try to be a person like them even though we can’t possibly be like them. I think he is arguing that we can’t be just a man without doing something that describe our best behavior and character and to do that we observe people life, we can adapt that in our life but in different way because we can’t completely become others just by following what they do. For example heroes and saint, “ Heroes and saints are not people whom we try to be just like, since we know that is impossible. It is precisely because it is impossible for an ordinary human being to achieve the same qualities as the saints ...it is enough if we try to be a little like them.” (Mayo. Pg.315) The

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