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    Supports→Practical wisdom deliberates not only about which actions hit the mean but also about the constituents of happiness.

    Therefore, the scope of practical wisdom's deliberation extends beyond instrumental means to include the composition of the good life.

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    To complete the notion of moral virtue we must consider the role reason plays in moral actions. Summing up at Book II.6, Aristotle says virtue is a disposition to choose, lying in the mean which is relative to us, determined by reason (1107a1). Since he is talking about choosing actions, he is focusing on the way moral virtue issues in actions. In turn, it is the role of practical wisdom (phronêsis) to determine choice. While moral virtues, virtues of character, belong to the part of the soul wh

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