Virtue Ethics
In this paper, I endorse virtue ethics because I find it to be the most accurate moral theory that we have considered thus far. One persuasive moral theory is utilitarianism. Philosophers who endorse this theory argue that the greatest good for utilitarian’s is pleasure. However, pleasure causes problems for utilitarian’s because it is considering the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. The main objective being considered in utilitarianism is quantity vs. quality.
For example, in a railroad situation, the conductor (which is utilitarian) takes the usual route of just following the tracks straight ahead in order to drop of his load and this route the conductor gets to his destination five minutes earlier. Instead today was a little different the straight ahead route has five workers working on the trail and the curve about trail which will add ten minutes onto …show more content…
The mind frame of this utilitarian is to go and take the curve about route because the conductor would rather kill one person and sacrifice the five workers due to the happiness for the greatness number of people. How is that justified? The conductor is still killing an innocent person and now the conductor’s family has to mourn the death of their loved one, but in the conductor mind frame it is justified because the lives of five workers were saved instead. No matter how you look at one worker still lost their life at the end of the day! The alternative that is more adequate is virtue ethics. According to virtue ethics, the greatest good is happiness, but in sense of an activity in virtue). Philosophers who endorse this theory see happiness as the final end or a goal that summons the totality of one’s life. Happiness can’t be measured until the very end. I am persuaded that this is true, for example let’s say that you are at a football for University of Kentucky and
In this paper, I endorse virtue ethics because I find it to be the most accurate moral theory that we have considered thus far. One persuasive moral theory is utilitarianism. Philosophers who endorse this theory argue that the greatest good for utilitarian’s is pleasure. However, pleasure causes problems for utilitarian’s because it is considering the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people. The main objective being considered in utilitarianism is quantity vs. quality.
For example, in a railroad situation, the conductor (which is utilitarian) takes the usual route of just following the tracks straight ahead in order to drop of his load and this route the conductor gets to his destination five minutes earlier. Instead today was a little different the straight ahead route has five workers working on the trail and the curve about trail which will add ten minutes onto …show more content…
The mind frame of this utilitarian is to go and take the curve about route because the conductor would rather kill one person and sacrifice the five workers due to the happiness for the greatness number of people. How is that justified? The conductor is still killing an innocent person and now the conductor’s family has to mourn the death of their loved one, but in the conductor mind frame it is justified because the lives of five workers were saved instead. No matter how you look at one worker still lost their life at the end of the day! The alternative that is more adequate is virtue ethics. According to virtue ethics, the greatest good is happiness, but in sense of an activity in virtue). Philosophers who endorse this theory see happiness as the final end or a goal that summons the totality of one’s life. Happiness can’t be measured until the very end. I am persuaded that this is true, for example let’s say that you are at a football for University of Kentucky and