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comment by Kaius
Kaius  ·  4269 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bush: Terrible President, Also Not a Smart Man

I wouldn't agree that intelligence is not a virtue. It absolutely is a virtue but it doesn't represent anything more than potential. An intelligent person is not necessarily one with good ideas.





JTHipster  ·  4269 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Virture, while it can mean a desirable quality, has a moral connotation. Intelligent people fall on the same spectrum of assholes as every other human being on the planet, they just happen to be smart about it.

Intelligence does not preclude morality nor good judgmnet.

Kaius  ·  4269 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fair point. I was thinking of a virtue as roughly equivalent to a desirable quality. Intelligence has no real connection with morality as you said.