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it emphasizes the individual's character

Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics stresses the importance of cultivating the:

1. Right Character


2. Disposition


3. Attitude


4. Reason


5. Emotion

A professor from Deakin University claimed that virtue ethics is more basic than the duty in that it requires virtue for us to acknowledge and debate what our duties are.

Stan van Hooft

an English Philosopher argues that there is not only one consideration for doing what is right.

Bernard Williams

an article made by Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe

1958 Modern Moral Philosophy

she claimed that modern moral theories are based on a law or principle conception of morality that is rigidly applied in the evaluation of the actions of moral agents

Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe

Legalistic way of construing morality tends to overlook the importance and role of :

1. Emotions


2. Motives


3. Relationships


4. Character


5. Moral Education


6. Notion of happiness and the good life in the moral life

Aristotle's moral insights have influenced other proponents of contemporary virtue ethics:

1. Alasdair MacIntyre - Scottish


2. Philippa Foot - British


3. Rosalind Hursthouse - New Zealand

is able to discern his purpose in life through an understanding of his nature

Human Person

serves as the basis of good life

Human Nature

is the aim of every human endeavour

Good

developing one's abilities is connected with the good life.

Self - Knowledge

it is the principle of life

Soul

two parts of soul

1. Rational


2. Irrational

what are the rational part

1. Speculative intellect


2. Practical intellect

parts of irrational

1. Desiderative


2. Appetitive

what are the virtues

Temperance, Liberality, Magnificence, Magnanimity, Proper Ambition, Patience, Courage, Truthfulness, Friendliness, Modesty, Wittiness, and Righteous Indignation