Moral Dilemmas of Virtue Ethics Essay

Virtue ethics is a theory that enables and help us make moral decision that can lead to happiness. Aristotle was greatly known to be the founding father of this concept, he was a firm believer in the idea that developing virtues was the gateway to fulfill the emotion of happiness. Throughout most of his work related to this topic one can infer that he presents this idea in a way that allows the reader to have a moment of self reflection and ask the question of who do we want to be. Aristotle…

Acting Virtuously, Becoming Virtuous In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 4, Aristotle’s thesis is that by doing virtuous actions, a person becomes virtuous. Virtue consists of acts that allow an individual to flourish and a virtuous person possesses practical wisdom, as it is a part of their rational soul. Aristotle makes an objection to his thesis by claiming that if someone acts virtuously he or she must already be virtuous. However, he makes this objection to further his…

Virtue for the Greek people is analogous to excellence. The Greek word that we translate virtue from is arête, which can be equally translated as “excellence.” According to Aristotle, one achieves true happiness (which is ultimately what he considers to be the meaning to life) through leading a virtuous life. Aristotle defines the supreme good as an activity of the rational soul in accordance with virtue. A virtuous person is considered someone able to perform the activity of being human very…

heory that grants justification. Consequentialism is the theory that any action is justified if the consequences of the said action is also just. Although it is a logical theroy, we must not depend on consequentialism as a moral factor when it comes to judging other people. This is because judging an act by a consequence can actually bend the meaning of morality by justifying potentially horrible motives, which limits our view on justice. To recognize these facts, we can look at the novel, The…

Final Essay Rough Draft: The Question of Virtue The question of virtue is addressed differently in the ancient Greece and Rome, later classical Greece and Rome, and in Christianity. In the Ancient Western virtue is the honor code, and in the later classical Greece and Rome world virtue was seen more as an internal orientation. Then, later on, in Christianity, virtue was something received by God’s grace in which was gifted when one seeks the right relationship with God and believing in Jesus…

Euthanasia a Moral Dilemma University of the People Author Note This paper is being submitted on March 16, for PHIL 1404: Ethics and Social Responsibility Unit 7 – Bioethics and Medical Ethics Euthanasia is the humane and compassionate act of ending a person’s life because their immediate physical circumstance is so bad that death would be a blessing. This discussion is about voluntary euthanasia, where a terminally ill person requests assistance in dying and the moral dilemma it…

with a moral dilemma? More than likely you have at some point in your life. A moral dilemma can be defined as a conflict in which you have to choose between two or more actions and have moral reasons for choosing each action. (Dictionary) These dilemmas challenge one 's morality and on many occasions leave one torn between which action is morally the right one to act upon. Many people have very different approaches to such dilemmas based on their ethics. Philosophers say that our ethics that we…

Ethical theories aim to make moral reflection clear, organized, and accessible. Ethical theories create a framework that articulates the moral principles that could provide a justification and guidance for one’s actions. Ethical theories can be applied to form a complex formula that relate engineering ethics to the moral principles. All ethical theories represent an altruistic behavior toward not only humans but also all living things. This paper seeks to provide a thorough knowledge of three…

Question 1 Utilitarianism Scale: -15 (least happy) to 15 (happiest) Table 1: Benefits and Detriments to Each Stakeholder Stakeholders Tell Customers About Condoitin Don’t Tell Customers About Condoitin Benefits Detriments Benefits Detriments Ming Moral satisfaction (+10) High chance of losing job (-15), less commission (-$5 per sale) (-5) Increased commission ($5 per sale) (+5), keeps the job (+15) Guilt (-6) Ming’s wife (Song) Assuming she knows about the choice and that Ming is likely to…

people have formed theories of approaching metaethics. People desire to have a method of understanding what is moral and why it is moral. Ultimately, the Divine Nature Theory is the most reasonable approach to metaethics when compared to other approaches, and according to the practical application of this theory’s approach to metaethics, premarital sex is immoral. The Divine Nature Theory Ethic The Divine Nature Theory concisely argues that the nature of God is what is morally good. Skeptics…