The alternative to such analysis is to say that you don’t need to bother because you know it when you see it—whatever “it” might be (courage, injustice, fairness, etc.). That is how most people think most of the time. It is, as Mill would put it, the approach of the intellectus sibi permissus—the mind left to itself. It seems convincing but is highly prone to error.
Socrates wouldn't be a fan of Jesus parables.
