A virtue is an excellence of character. A virtue is an internal disposition to think, feel, and act in an excellent way. It is settled (almost permanent, but not quite) disposition. It is something so settled, that it has become a part of who you are, of your identity. This is not just doing the virtuous. It is acquired by habit, by struggling to do the right thing over and over again, and winning these struggles. Be open minded and critical. It identifies what we want versus who we are.
Key concepts:
• Arte: Virtue, excellence Fulfill function through virtues.
• Phronesis: Practical wisdom, prudence.
• Eudaimonia: Happiness, flourishing Virtue ethics
Requirements for Virtue:
1.) Intelectual element Knowledge
2.) Emotional Element …show more content…
He starts with the claim that the end of all human action is happiness and he claims that happiness requires virtue. He goes on to look at several different types of virtues and he believes they can be perfected through practice. One is to practice at finding the golden mean between excess and deficiency. To use an example from Aristotle to illustrate, one is to act courageously, but it is rash to act with too much courage and it is cowardice to not act with enough courage. Therefore, he supports finding the mean in all human action and this is to lead to happiness. Aristotle's ethics is a commonsensical approach to ethics so nobody should be put off from reading this book due to its …show more content…
Virtue is a disposition rather than an activity. That is, a virtuous person is naturally disposed to behave in the right ways and for the right reasons, and to feel pleasure in behaving rightly. Virtue is a mean state between the extremes of excess and deficiency. This mean varies from person to person, so there are no hard and fast rules as to how best to avoid vice.
Virtue ethics describes only voluntary actions are praiseworthy or blameworthy. We can define voluntary action as any action that originates in the agent and not in some outside force like a stumble upon. There are borderline cases, however, as when someone is compelled to behave dishonorably under severe threat. Voluntary action is characterized by rational deliberation and choice, where the agent determines the best course of action by reasoning how best to achieve desirable
Key concepts:
• Arte: Virtue, excellence Fulfill function through virtues.
• Phronesis: Practical wisdom, prudence.
• Eudaimonia: Happiness, flourishing Virtue ethics
Requirements for Virtue:
1.) Intelectual element Knowledge
2.) Emotional Element …show more content…
He starts with the claim that the end of all human action is happiness and he claims that happiness requires virtue. He goes on to look at several different types of virtues and he believes they can be perfected through practice. One is to practice at finding the golden mean between excess and deficiency. To use an example from Aristotle to illustrate, one is to act courageously, but it is rash to act with too much courage and it is cowardice to not act with enough courage. Therefore, he supports finding the mean in all human action and this is to lead to happiness. Aristotle's ethics is a commonsensical approach to ethics so nobody should be put off from reading this book due to its …show more content…
Virtue is a disposition rather than an activity. That is, a virtuous person is naturally disposed to behave in the right ways and for the right reasons, and to feel pleasure in behaving rightly. Virtue is a mean state between the extremes of excess and deficiency. This mean varies from person to person, so there are no hard and fast rules as to how best to avoid vice.
Virtue ethics describes only voluntary actions are praiseworthy or blameworthy. We can define voluntary action as any action that originates in the agent and not in some outside force like a stumble upon. There are borderline cases, however, as when someone is compelled to behave dishonorably under severe threat. Voluntary action is characterized by rational deliberation and choice, where the agent determines the best course of action by reasoning how best to achieve desirable