Central Question Of Virtue Ethics

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Secondly, Think of virtue as the main ethical theory, and it raises the question of the central question of ethics, "how should I live", which can be constructed as "which one should I be?"Virtue ethics to discuss the main problems, including the construction of character, practical reason and moral character education, and the connection of friendship, specific qualities such as courage, loyalty, shame, guilt, and various forms of traditional evil. This is a new exploration area, a lot of discussion is still on. Although such an ethical way can't do all the research, but to reveal the character of the life form fields - this has always been ignored in other moral theories field, is

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