A fact from Role ethics appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 November 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that role ethics is an ethical theory based on family roles?
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To enhance this article, I suggest adding Epictetus introduction of Role Ethics to Stoicism.
“ One of the innovations that Epictetus brought to Stoicism is the development of a sophisticated “role ethics,” an approach to ethics based on taking seriously the different roles we all play in life: the general role of a human being in society at large; roles that we choose for ourselves, such as being a father, or a friend; and roles that the circumstances assign to us, such as being a son or daughter. Epictetus’s role ethics was in turn an elaboration and advancement on a similar concept developed by Panaetius, a philosopher of the middle Stoa, who lived from 185 to 109 BCE.”
(The Stoic Guide to a Happy Life by Massimo Pigliucci)
--JoeB (talk) 20:09, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
