Fascinating interview interview with Nancy Sherman, author of the forthcoming "Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind" (Oxford University Press). She's a philosophy professor at Georgetown University and the inaugural holder of the visiting Distinguished Chair of Ethics at the U.S. Naval Academy.
She answers the following questions: What is the look and feel of virtue? Why do manners matter? Do external conventions help cultivate authentic virtues or do they simply mask hypocrisy?
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