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Knowledge Virtues

Another, perhaps more personal, way to think of ethics in the Core Theme is in terms of the virtues that we need to be good knowers. Remember that ethics in ToK should always be linked to knowledge. We could construct a kind of Learner Profile of key character traits that are important in a good knower. We could call these character traits knowledge virtues or, if we want to be fancy, epistemic virtues. 1. Knowledge...

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