Virtue ethics

case to senior management, which could have negative results for her career and the company. Ethics According to Velasquez et al. (2009), “ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act.” There are basically five ethical standards that people fall into and they are the “utilitarian approach, the rights approach, the justice approach, the common good approach, and the virtue approach” (Velasquez et al., 2009). As a result, this conflict compels Lauren to…

Leutrim Mustafa Prof. Izady M02- Ethics and Social Philosophy Animal Documentary Review March 4, 2017 WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF PERSONAL ETHICS AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR? What are ethics? The dictionary defines ethics as “moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.” Meaning that ethics is treat others as you want to be treated. If you do not enjoy something then do not act it upon another individual because it may come back around. Ethics vary in many forms…

Aristotle’s idea of happiness can be interpreted as objective since living a virtuous life leads all humans to be happy and all human beings have the same basic nature which requires the same things to be happy. However, virtue in his ethics also is related to the agent’s character. If virtue is dependent on our character, it can demonstrate itself through habit. For Aristotle, if people gain good habits of character, their decisions can be more reasonable. Therefore, in time, habits can be…

The National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics states that an engineer will hold the safety, health, and welfare of the public as above all else in their practice. According to this statement, an engineer will have to use sound judgment during his/her work to make sure that the effects of the decision are both ethically good and safe for the public. Virtues or character traits that make a person succeed in their purpose blend into engineering since all of the decisions that we as…

FIRST PHILOSOPHY PAPER ON ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS ALEX FEIGHERY PHILOSOPHY 201-13, FALL 2017 1 NOVEMBER 2017 The Nicomachean Ethics is a book that is considered to be the philosopher Aristotle’s best-known. The Ethics details Aristotle’s thoughts on essentially how one should be a human and how one should achieve happiness. This paper will focus on a specific argument of Aristotle’s Ethics. This argument is expressed in Chapter 7 of his first Book, being that of “man’s function.” Using…

and often challenging the lessons taught by his teacher, Plato. However, Aristotle did so respectfully and respected the opinions of his teacher. Additionally, Nietzsche’s divergence and matchless philosophy proves further that Aristotle’s view on ethics is reasonable and logically more sound because of the overall respect and…

In this paper, we are going to present an analysis regarding medical ethics, specifically Euthanasia and we will try to describe the position of a Consequentialist, Deontologist, and Virtue ethics philosophers and what their decision will be in reference to this dilemma. Subsequently we will compare and choose which position is the most appropriate to handle this ethical dilemma and explain why the others positions do not work. We will do our best to present enough evidence to support the…

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…

ethical principle discussed was Captain Lansen’s display of courage, and how his actions fit Aristotle virtue of courage perfectly. The virtue of courage was followed by an examination of the Kantian ethics view of lying compared against how the spies in the book conducted themselves. Lastly, The Department’s decision to take on the case was analyzed through the lens of one of Aristotle’s greatest virtues,…

evil, but he does believe in good will. Even if lying will help save a person’s life, Kant still insists that you should not lie because he believes that both a good lie and a bad lie should be prohibited. Kant deals with deontological ethics which is based on ethics out of a sense of duty or obligation. When it comes to good will we are to recognize what our duty is in life, we are to complete that duty, and we must be willing to do what is right no matter the situation. “The source of this…