if your difficulty enduring typically shows itself in the face of _________circumstances, maybe it’s really_________ not endurance that you’re lacking
Iterating this for every conceivable adjective {f(adjective) = virtue} seems like a good way to figure out exactly what endurance is versus some other virtue. If a given adjective doesn’t spit out another virtue, maybe endurance wins by default.
Related, maybe endurance is an absolute value relative to the other virtues you do have. We don’t expect children to endure during a ten-mile hike if they’ve never hiked more than two miles, maybe because we model them as not having many virtues required for such a hike. Maybe endurance could be modeled as
endurance = {units of effort required to complete a given task} - {”free” units of effort provided to you by other relevant virtues you already possess, such as patience (this is a long hike but will be worth it) and, idk, filial piety (my parents really want to finish this hike)}
Iterating this for every conceivable adjective {f(adjective) = virtue} seems like a good way to figure out exactly what endurance is versus some other virtue. If a given adjective doesn’t spit out another virtue, maybe endurance wins by default.
Related, maybe endurance is an absolute value relative to the other virtues you do have. We don’t expect children to endure during a ten-mile hike if they’ve never hiked more than two miles, maybe because we model them as not having many virtues required for such a hike. Maybe endurance could be modeled as
endurance = {units of effort required to complete a given task} - {”free” units of effort provided to you by other relevant virtues you already possess, such as patience (this is a long hike but will be worth it) and, idk, filial piety (my parents really want to finish this hike)}