Aristotle maintains ethical absolutism without transcendent Platonic forms: the good (living a complete life in accordance with reason and virtue, pursuing the virtues) is absolutely what one ought to do because even though forms are within particulars rather than transcendent, forms are still universal principles, and universals (not transcendence) are what ground ethical absolutism.
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“what is absolutely good you see is living a complete life in accordance with reason with virtue you see the virtues are good you ought to pursue the virtues it is unequivocal about that um why because even though the forms are within particulars the forms are still Universal principles you see you don't have to have transcendant universals to have universals as long as you have universals [44:16]”
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