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Virtue – Interactive Lesson B

Hi this is AJ and welcome to the Interactive lesson, Part B. Same essay, we’re going to get some more repetition, answer my questions, very easy questions. Answer with just one or two words that’s fine. You can use more if you want to. Let’s begin…

Strength, courage, mastery and honor, these are the practical virtues of men who must rely on one another in a worst case scenario.

What kind of virtues are these?

Practice virtues, these are practical virtues.

Are they abstract virtues or practical virtues?

They’re very practical, useful virtues. They’re the practical virtues of men who must rely on one another in a worst case scenario.

So these virtues are most useful in an easy time, is that right?

No, no, no, no. These virtues are not the most useful, the most practical in an easy time, they are the most useful and practical in a worst case scenario, in a worst case scenario, in a very tough time.

Strength, courage, mastery and honor are simple, functional virtues. They are the virtues of men who must answer to their brothers first…

So again, these are practical virtues. Another word we can use is functional, these are functional virtues, meaning they function, they work.

They are the virtues of men who must answer to their brothers first, whether their brothers are good or unscrupulous men.

Good or what kind of men?

Unscrupulous men.

Are unscrupulous men good men?

No, they’re the opposite. Unscrupulous men are not good men, unscrupulous men are bad men, cheating men, lying men, maybe murdering men, criminal men. They are unscrupulous.

So, are unscrupulous men moral or immoral?

They’re immoral. They’re anti-moral.

Which kind of men are immoral?

Unscrupulous men, unscrupulous men are immoral, they’re bad.

These tactical virtues point to triumph.Are they tactical or strategic virtues?

They’re tactical virtues. They’re not big, big ideas they’re useful for real fighting. They are tactical virtues that point to victory.

That point to what?

Triumph, they point to triumph

Are these virtues amoral, moral or immoral?

They are amoral. They are amoral but not immoral. Meaning, they are beyond morality.

They’re outside of morality. They are outside of good and bad.

So, these fundamental virtues are which one, what kind of morality?

Amoral, they are amoral.

Are they immoral?

No, these virtues are not immoral, they’re not evil, they’re not bad.

Are they moral? Are these virtues moral?

No, they’re not necessarily moral either.

They are what?

Amoral, they’re amoral. These are amoral virtues.

Their morality is primal.

Is their morality new and modern?

No, no, no, no, no, their morality is not new and modern, these virtues are primal, very, very ancient. The morality of these virtues is primal, ancient, ancient, ancient, super old.

Because the tactical virtues are unconcerned with abstract moral questions of universal right or wrong.

What is right is what?

Wins. What is right is what wins.

And what is wrong?

Is what loses, because losing is death and the end of everything that matters.

Strength, courage, mastery and honor are the virtues that protect the perimeter.

Do these virtues protect the center?

No, no, no, these virtues do not protect the center. These virtues protect the perimeter, the border, the wall. These are the virtues that protect the perimeter. They are the virtues that save us.Which virtues protect the perimeter?

Strength, courage, mastery and honor. Strength, courage, mastery and honor are the virtues that protect the perimeter, the border.

These are the virtues that men need to protect their interests.

Do men need these virtues to protect what’s important to them?

Yes, yes. These are the virtues that protect men’s interests. Men need these virtues to protect their interests, what’s important to them.

They’re also the virtues they must develop to go after what they want.

Do men need these virtues to achieve their difficult goals?

Yes, exactly. Men need these virtues to achieve their difficult goals, to go after, to try to get what they want.

These are also the virtues they must develop to go after what they want.

They are the virtues of the defender and the?

Attacker. They are the virtues of the defender and the attacker.

Strength, courage, mastery and honor belong to no one God, though many Gods claim them.

Whatever men fight for, strength, courage, mastery and honor are what they must demand of each other if they’re going to win.

Do men need to demand these virtues from other men also?

Yes, absolutely. So men need to demand that other men also have these virtues. The other men in your group must also have these virtues.

Because strength, courage, mastery and honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world.

Are these the omega virtues of men all over the world?

No, not omega. Omega has the idea of last, bottom. These are not the last virtues, these are not the bottom virtues, these are not the weakest virtues these are the top virtues, the dominant virtues.

So, what kind of virtues are these?

Alpha. These are the alpha virtues of men all over the world.

Which are the alpha virtues of men all over the world?

Strength, courage, mastery and honor. Strength, courage, mastery and honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world.

What kind of virtues?

Alpha virtues, these are the alpha virtues of men all over the world, the dominant virtues.They are the fundamental virtues of men, because without them no higher virtues can be entertained. You need to be alive to philosophize.

To philosophize you need what?

To be alive, think you need to be alive.

You can add to these virtues and you can create rules and moral codes to govern them– to rule them– but if you remove them from the equation altogether– if you get rid of them completely– you aren’t just leaving behind the virtues that are specific to me, you are abandoning– getting rid of– the virtues that make civilization possible.

So do these virtues make civilization possible?

Yes. These virtues make civilization possible.

Should we abandon these virtues?

No, no we should not, we should not abandon. We should not leave behind these virtues.

If we abandon these virtues we will lose what?

Civilization. We will lose civilization if we abandon, if we leave behind these virtues.

The men who are strong, courageous, competent and loyal will be respected and honored.

What kind of men are respected and honored by other men and women?

Men who are strong, courageous, competent and loyal.

Which of those words means skilled?

Competent, competent means skilled.

Men who are strong, courageous, competent and loyal will be what?

Respected and honored. They will be respected and honored.

So, men who are strong, courageous, competent and loyal will be?

Respected and honored, will be respected and honored.

On the other hand, men who are exceptionally weak or fearful can’t be counted on.

Can you trust very weak and fearful men?

You cannot. You cannot trust weak and fearful men. They can’t be counted on. They can’t be trusted.

What kind of men can’t be trusted, can’t be counted on?

Men who are very weak or fearful. Men who are exceptionally weak or fearful can’t be counted on.Can they be counted on or not?

Not. They cannot be counted on. Men who are exceptionally weak or fearful, very weak or fearful can’t be counted on, cannot be trusted.

Men, who are inept in an important way must find a way to compensate.

So, men who are skillful must find a way to compensate right?

No, no, no, no, no, not men who are skillful the opposite, men who are inept. Men who are inept, unskillful, very, very unskillful.

Men who are inept in an important way must find a way to compensate.

What kind of men need to compensate, to balance their weakness?

Inept men, inept men… unskillful men. Unskillful men, inept men must find a way to compensate, to balance their weakness, or find other work to do in the tribe, in the group.

A man of questionable loyalty will not be trusted.

A man of what kind of loyalty?

Questionable loyalty. A man of questionable loyalty will not be trusted.

Is a man of questionable loyalty very loyal?

No, no, no, no, no the opposite. A man of questionable loyalty, it means uncertain loyalty, a man of uncertain loyalty. You’re not sure, is he loyal or not you’re not sure. He is of questionable loyalty.

Can men of questionable loyalty be trusted?

No they cannot. Men of questionable loyalty cannot be trusted.

Men, who are not up to the job of fulfilling the first role of men for some reason or all of these reasons will be pushed out and sent to work with the women and children, the sick and the elderly.

So men who are not able to fight for their family, fight for themselves, physically fight or just mentally fight, socially fight, economically fight… so using fighting in a very general way.

If they’re not up to the job what happens?

Men who are not up to the job – not good enough– will be pushed out of the group.

Men who are not up to the job will be what?

Pushed out; pushed out to work with the women, children, sick and elderly. – He’s talking about in traditional times.

Are the elderly old or young? The elderly are very old.

Elderly – means very old people.

Men have different drives, aptitudes, and temperaments.

Do men have different motivations?

Yeah, of course. Men have different drives, different motivations.

Do all men have exactly the same drives, exactly the same motivations?

No, of course not. All men do not have exactly the same drives, they have different drives.

Do all men have the same skills?

No they don’t, they have different aptitudes. Men have different aptitudes.

Do men have the same emotional personality/moods?

Of course not, no they don’t they have different temperaments.

Men have different drives, different aptitudes and different temperaments.

Most men however, have the ability to adapt to the fighting role, to life at the edge of the perimeter, but some men won’t be able to cut it.

Will all men be able to cut it?

No, no all men will not be able to cut it, will not be able to be good enough, to be able to do this job.

Some men what?

Some men won’t be able to cut it, will not be able to cut it. Some men won’t be able to cut it.

Some men won’t be able to do it, they won’t be good enough.

Will some men be able to cut it or they won’t be able to cut it?

Really both right, some men will be able to cut it. Most men will be able to cut it, will be good enough. But some men will not, some men won’t be able to cut it. Those men that won’t be able to cut it, not good enough, can’t do it… They will be regarded as, thought of as… less manly and as lesser men. Some men are going to get their feelings hurt. That’s not fair, but fairness is a luxury that men can ill-afford in dire times.

In very dangerous times, can men worry about being fair?

No. No. In very dangerous times men cannot worry about being fair. Fairness is a luxury is what he’s saying. He’s saying it’s a luxury, it’s a luxury for men who are in a peaceful, soft situation, in easy times.

In what kind of times is fairness a luxury? In dire times, in very difficult dangerous times. In dire times fairness is a luxury, fairness is not useful.

All right that is the end of the interactive B lesson.

Listen to it every day. Answer the questions as quickly as possible, speed is most important. Short answers are fine.

I will see you in the commentary. Bye for now.