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Anonymous Mon May 23 09:55:19 2016 No.8074175 [DELETED]

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What is the most important trait for you (i.e. what do you value the most)? Intelligence?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 09:58:09 2016 No.8074183 >>8074175 Loyalty. Intelligence is third, after kindness too.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:01:23 2016 No.8074195 >>8074183 Why loyalty? Imo a person have to be loyal to his ideals (integrity) and no necessary to a person (because people are unpredictable and can do dumb shit).

Anonymous Mon May 23 10:03:15 2016 No.8074206

I appreciate altruism, and authenticity more than anything these days. Too many people, in my experience, try to be smart because of this notion that intelligence is more important than anything else.

It is highly valuable, of course, but this pressure to be smart when you might not have the genetic capability to actually be smart probably causes a lot of grief to the average person.

>>	:^) Mon May 23 10:04:02 2016 No.8074208 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:06:47 2016 No.8074212 >>8074206 agreed

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:09:13 2016 No.8074220 >>8074195 You seem a little confused about this loyalty thing

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:09:56 2016 No.8074223 >>8074220 Care to explain to me?

Anonymous Mon May 23 10:16:50 2016 No.8074235

>>8074195
Because I don't believe there's a way to have things like trust, honesty, reliability, etc. in a relationship that doesn't have loyalty between both parties. Whether friendship or romantic. There's no way I could feel comfortable with that. So it's first for me.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:18:57 2016 No.8074238 >>8074175 Compassion

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:33:21 2016 No.8074258 >>8074175 Kindness.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:36:39 2016 No.8074265 File: 16 KB, 241x304, aristotle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Virtue

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:39:59 2016 No.8074273 >>8074265 Which virtue is the most important?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:40:17 2016 No.8074274 Integrity first and foremost, then empathy and intelligence. If you don't have integrity then you are simply a tool.

Anonymous Mon May 23 10:49:33 2016 No.8074290

In myself I place the highest value on integrity, then kindness and thirdly intelligence. Humility is also important.

In other people I suppose the list is the same, except I would swap out intelligence for wit, since witty people are more fun to be with than simply intelligent ones. However, wit is a derivative of intelligence, so maybe not.

Anonymous Mon May 23 10:54:25 2016 No.8074305

>>8074273
All of the moral qualities are important, but the striving for them is the most important. Mental virtue, I guess.
You know, how Aristotle says in the Nicomachean Ethics that it's not enough to commit virtuous actions, you have to actually want to be doing them. It doesn't matter if you don't cheat on your wife, if you think about it you are still a piece of shit and you will be until you purify yourself.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 10:58:00 2016 No.8074312 >>8074290 Same here brother. Intelligence is important, but it is not as important as the two above it.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 11:06:01 2016 No.8074336 >>8074206 altruism and authenticity don't mix well together >>8074175 Arete : ^ ) >>8074305 which is retarded

>>	The Sound and the Fury !!KlYr/MIPjaz Mon May 23 11:06:44 2016 No.8074337 >>8074290 Yeah, I agree with this post. Integrity, kindness, intelligence, then humility. Kindness and intelligence is sometimes interchangeable, because sometimes you need to be smart rather than kind.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:00:05 2016 No.8074527 spite, uppitiness, crooked teeth

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:04:45 2016 No.8074547 >>8074527 aristocrat detected

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:08:42 2016 No.8074560 Being clear and concise.

Anonymous Mon May 23 12:23:32 2016 No.8074618

>>8074175
Abstract thinking. It's fun to talk about stuff like socialconstructivism and stuff, but many people have a hard time grasping it.

i.e. trying to talk to my grandmother about why I don't believe that the good/bad dichotomy even exists. I tried my best to explain it, but her response was always just "it's just wrong" when I mention murder as an example.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:46:18 2016 No.8074683 >>8074175 Self awareness

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:50:14 2016 No.8074697 intelligent, nihilistic and a wicked sense of humour

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:51:34 2016 No.8074705 >>8074175 utility, meaning the person's service towards me (and only me)

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:51:41 2016 No.8074706 >>8074618 lol your grandma is fully spooked

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:56:58 2016 No.8074724 >>8074618 This anon got the right idea.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 12:57:48 2016 No.8074729 integrity

>>	Anonymous Mon May 23 13:02:16 2016 No.8074745 >>8074705 Voluntary egoist, my nigga

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