In the second class session of our course, we will be continuing our discussion of the general Stoic conception of virtue and how it figures into Stoic Ethics. We will also be looking more closely at several other important parts of Stoic Ethics that are connected with the virtues, namely the Stoic theory of the emotions, the indifferents, and how moral development takes place

On Saturday, we will hold our second online class session using Zoom. We will be recording the class session, and it will be uploaded for all of you students as an unlisted YouTube video embedded here in our class site (these won't be shared with non-students). After that, I will open the Week 2 Discussion Forum to student comments and questions, so that we can continue the discussion throughout the week

The specific topics we will be working through during this week's class session are:

• Common misconceptions about the virtues
• Good things, bad things, and indifferents in Stoic ethics
• The bearing of Stoic virtues on the "indifferents"
• The Stoic theory of the emotions
• Emotions, vices, and virtues
• How virtues and vices are developed by human beings
• Priorities among the virtues