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Polus had come back to the conclusion that ‘doing what one pleases can only be called a blessing if the action is attended by advantage to the actor’. So Socrates asked when we are to say that an action brings advantage and argued that it brings advantage only when it is right. When it is wrong it brings the reverse (470).
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Discussed in Chapter 3. See also Dilman (1971), ‘Self deception’, ch. 3.
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Dilman, İ. (1979). Virtue and Happiness. In: Morality and the Inner Life. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04797-0_4
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