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# Choice, Action, and Virtue

Practices for choosing and acting according to virtue

## What These Exercises Train

These exercises move from judgment into deliberate choice and appropriate action. They help you select worthy aims, prepare before committing, keep character above external success, reconsider a conflict from another true perspective, and find the virtuous use of present circumstances.

## When to Use Them

Use these practices when choosing a goal, committing to a difficult undertaking, deciding how to act under pressure, or reviewing whether a plan still fits your roles and present circumstances. Several also help when you need a memorable model or analogy to guide conduct.

## Exercises in This Section

| Exercise                                                                                     | What It Does                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Contemplating the Sage](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/contemplating-the-sage.md) | Use an exemplary person to clarify the judgment and action a situation requires.                                                     |
| [Step-Wise Policy](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/step-wise.md)                    | Consider the whole course of an undertaking before committing to it.                                                                 |
| [The Stoic Archer](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/stoic-archer.md)                 | Select an appropriate target, take the best available shot, and evaluate the action without confusing the result with moral success. |
| [Two Missions](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/two-missions.md)                     | Put character first while pursuing an external task or goal.                                                                         |
| [Exercise of Delay](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/delay.md)                       | Extend the Stoic pause when a forceful impression requires more time to examine.                                                     |
| [Two Handles](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/two-handles.md)                       | Find another true and relevant perspective that allows you to carry a conflict fairly.                                               |
| [Infinite Opportunity](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/infinite-opportunity.md)     | Identify what the present circumstances call for and give that quality concrete expression.                                          |
| [Turn the Omen to Good](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/turn-the-omen-to-good.md)   | Separate a sign or prediction from the judgment that it foretells moral harm.                                                        |
| [Decomposition](/wiki/exercises/choice-action-and-virtue/decomposition.md)                   | Strip away a thing's attractive or disturbing appearance by describing its physical constitution.                                    |


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