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23 Cards in this Set
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Are we required to become a good person? |
No |
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Can a criminal person do what is good? |
Yes |
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Doing what is good vs. |
Becoming a good person |
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was derived from or is closely associate to Aristotle's nichomachlean ethics |
Virtue ethics |
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what an individual's opinions can do to produce the sort of character that instinctively does the right thing. Thus, virtue ethics holds that it is not important to do the right thing but equally one must have the right disposition, motivation and traits for being good and doing right. |
Virtue ethics |
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Teology |
Telos: an end, aim, fulfillment, goal. |
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Plural form of telos |
Hierarchy of telos |
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Discussed the general criteria in order for one to recognize the highest good of man. First, the highest good a person must be final. As the final end, it is no longer utilized for the sake of arriving at a much higher end. Second, the ultimate telos of a person must be self sufficient. Satisfaction in life is arrived at once this highest good is attained. |
Aristotle |
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Ultimate end of man |
1. Pleasure: bodily measure /lowest 2. Fame: famous/celebrity 3. Rationality: reasoning |
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Eudaimonia |
Happiness |
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The true measure of well being for Aristotle is not by means of richness of fame |
but by the condition of having attained a happy life. |
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Apeth |
Arete |
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1. How does a person arrive at her highest good? |
If one must perform ones function well, the one is capable of arriving at happiness |
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For Aristotle, |
What define human beings is one function or activity of reason. This function makes her different from rest of beings |
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Activity of human soal - the excellent way or doing things - it is something that one strives for in time |
Virtue |
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Irrational |
Lowest |
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Rational |
Highest |
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One does not become an excellent persin overnight |
This means that being virtues cannot be accomplished by a single act. |
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Excellence |
Activity of soal |
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aspects functions as giving nutrition and providing the activity of physical growth in a person ex. Food water |
Vegetative |
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aspects or desiring faculty of man - the act of desiring in itself is an impulse that naturally runs (own desire) |
Appetitive |
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Thinking function of man |
Intellectual |
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Doing fuction of man |
Moral |
