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Class of 2026
Major:
Philosophy
Aidan Hankins is a class of 2026 rising senior at St Lawrence University. He is a philosophy major, with a focus on the intersections of ethics and knowledge. He is hoping to use this experience, knowledge gained and the paper he was producing in applications and work in graduate programs...
Semester:
Summer 2025
Description

This project focused on the distinction between moral and intellectual virtues, traits which, respectively, make a person morally good (kindness) or intellectually good (logicality). In it, I researched and worked to set out the structure of a paper arguing that there is good reason to believe that a distinction cannot succeed philosophically, which will be continued as an SYE in the 2025-2026 academic year. 

While formulating my arguments, which include both descriptions of logical structural failings in current accounts of a distinction and empirical evidence suggesting strong correlation between different moral and intellectual virtues, I continued to improve my ability to closely analyze and synthesize different arguments, and present them clearly. 

 

 

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