Doctrine of the Mean
Doctrine of the Mean
Real World
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles demonstrated the mean of courage by withdrawing from the 2021 Tokyo events to protect her mental health — neither recklessly competing while impaired nor abandoning her sport entirely.
Exam Focus
Use a concrete virtue triad (e.g. courage–cowardice–recklessness) and stress the mean is relative to the person and situation.
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