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30 Cards in this Set
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Aristotle & Eudaimonia |
Greek philosopher Ultimate purpose- achieve Eudaimonia- to flourish |
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Virtue ethics is |
Agent centred |
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Virtuous people |
Virtuous people; Martin Luther king Angelina Jolie Mother Theresa Princess Diana |
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Motive |
Disadvantage of virtue ethics, you don't know what someone motives are |
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Vice of deficiency
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unambitious Cowardice Shamelessness |
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Virtuous mean |
Right ambition Modesty Courage |
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Vice of excess |
Over-ambitious Bashfulness Rashness |
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Doctrine of the mean |
The desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other deficiency |
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Virtue ethics has no rules |
No guidelines, gaining someone virtues there are no rules to follow, subjective ethical theory |
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Teleological |
Aristotle believed Eudaimonia was the ultimate goal |
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Disadvantage of VE |
Immoral role models / Hitler Vices 'Practice makes perfect' / not everyone can achieve perfection |
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Aristotle & mail dominated virtues |
Aristotle only shared male virtues |
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Intellectual and moral virtues |
Intellectual virtues; through education and practice Moral virtues; through habit |
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Immoral role model issue |
Anders Brieviek who took hitler as a virtuos person, |
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Cardinal virtues |
Originated in Plato- prudence, justice, temperance, courage. Three theological virtues; faith, hope and charity |
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Arête |
Greek word arête, means Excellence |
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Supreme good for others |
Eudaimonia |
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Phronesis (practical wisdom) |
According to Aristotle the virtue most needed for any other virtue to be developed. |
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Modern virtue ethics |
In the 20th century there was a revival of interest in Virtue Ethics by philosophers who were unhappy with aspects of Aristotle's VE |
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Modern virtue ethics |
In the 20th century there was a revival of interest in Virtue Ethics by philosophers who were unhappy with aspects of Aristotle's VE |
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Rosalind Hursthouse |
For Hursthouse, being virtuous is the most reliable path to flourishing. Addresses the major criticism of virtue ethics , that it provides no guidance in moral dilemmas. |
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Modern virtue ethics |
In the 20th century there was a revival of interest in Virtue Ethics by philosophers who were unhappy with aspects of Aristotle's VE |
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Rosalind Hursthouse Professor of philosophy |
For Hursthouse, being virtuous is the most reliable path to flourishing. Addresses the major criticism of virtue ethics , that it provides no guidance in moral dilemmas. |
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Criticism on virtue ethics ; Nietzsche |
'Vice is virtue and virtue is vice' if I say a vice is virtuous, who are you to judge? |
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Criticism on virtue ethics ; Nietzsche |
'Vice is virtue and virtue is vice' if I say a vice is virtuous, who are you to judge? |
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AC grayling |
Virtue ethics lacks passion, anguish, struggle and experience of excess and deficiency. |
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Criticism on virtue ethics ; Nietzsche |
'Vice is virtue and virtue is vice' if I say a vice is virtuous, who are you to judge? |
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AC grayling |
Virtue ethics lacks passion, anguish, struggle and experience of excess and deficiency. |
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John Calvin |
'Virtue ethics leads to arrogant glory baskets' |