Cicero On Duties Book 1 - The Priority Of Justice - Sadler's Lectures

This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's work, On Duties (De Officiis), which presents a largely Stoic view on ethics, virtues, relationships, and duties or moral obligations Specifically it examines he question of whether justice has a priority over the other virtues. Or, more precisely, whether the duties associated with justice have a priority over the duties associated with the other virtues. Cicero does give justice and its duties this priority, and he provides some lines of argument for why this would be the case. He maintains that justice does have priority over wisdom and courage, but he says that it does not have priority over temperance, at least in one respect. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 2000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Cicero's On Duties - amzn.to/2xYHJLN (Amazon links are associate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases)