Virtue

presents Socrates views on the question whether virtue can be taught in several dialogues, most notably in Protagoras and Meno. In Protagoras the topic of piety, virtue and what it means to be a good citizen is discussed. The main debate in Protagoras is between Socrates and Protagoras himself, over whether virtues can be taught and if so how and later on arguing whether virtues can be passed on. One of Socrates’ reasoning for doubting that virtues can be taught is that virtuous parents often…

Virtue Ethics in a Workplace When one is working at a company, they must know moral principles, showing respect and compassion because it shows your co-workers and your patients that you a have a sense of good ethical behavior and that you care for what you do. one tend to stand out a lot because you are a responsible person, you check to make sure everything is in order when you come in to work like making sure that the patients get a bath, making sure that you know when a certain patient…

Jill Daniel Tammie Foltz Phil 105: Introduction to Ethics March 1, 2016 Virtue ethics The topic that I have chosen for this paper is identity theft. According to the article online it is a crime that is affecting more than 12 million people and that 16 billion has been stolen in one year. According to the article there is a new victim every 2 seconds of that year. That is just unbelievable to me that people could continue to perpetrate this amount of fraud against other people. These people…

Socrates, can virtue be taught? Or is it not teachable but the result of practice, or is it neither of these, but men possess it by nature or in some other way?" (70a). Afterward, Socrates answers the way he usually does by replying with questions back to Meno in order to achieve a conclusion where virtue can be taught. Virtue is moral excellence or "arête", and the innate characteristic of each individual. In the end of the Meno, both Socrates and Meno conclude and agree that virtue cannot be…

definitions of virtue to Socrates. The first definition according to Meno is that virtue is to rule justly. By stating that virtue is to rule, Meno meant that virtue was to be able to rule over people. But Socrates quickly reminds Meno that ruling over others is not a virtue in the instance of the slaves or the children. Furthermore, Socrates remarks that if virtue is to rule, then would it be to rule justly and not unjustly. Meno comes to an agreement, stating that, “justice is virtue.” In…

like Aristotle and Aquinas spoke highly of virtue ethics and each developed their own theories on the topic. Although both philosophers wrote about virtue ethics, their approach was quite different. So, what is virtue ethics? According to Lewis Vaughn it is “a moral theory that focuses on the development of virtuous character”(Vaughn 808). Although both Aquinas and Aristotle had different approaches to virtue ethics, there was a consensus on what virtue ethics ultimately is. In terms of both…

In Protagoras, the main point of the argument is virtue, what is virtue, can it be taught or not, and how can it be used to measure what is good and what is bad. Socrates’ standpoint is that wisdom, temperance, courage, justice and piety, are all one of the same thing but Protagoras on the other believes that each of these are unique and have their own specific functions. Socrates gives the analogy of being like parts of a face, dissimilar to the whole of which they are parts and to each other,…

in engineers, and engineers must work to earn that trust. This paper explores Aristotle’s theory on ethics, specifically the meaning and purpose of virtues. It then considers the virtues taught here at Texas A&M University, and how those virtues relate to engineering. Finally, it proposes additional virtues that engineers must cultivate. These virtues, while applicable to any person, either provide significantly more value to engineers specifically or are often neglected by engineers despite…

towards what the meaning of what virtue truly is. Meno gives the readers many different meaning of what virtue could be, but Socrates always challenges his definitions. There are various reasons as to why Socrates contests Meno’s answers. Socrates is looking for an explanation of what virtue is that helps demonstrates what the idea of knowledge truly means, and that will show us what we do and do not know. Socrates first challenges Meno with the question of what virtue is, and whether or not…

David Hume and John Witherspoon each raise interesting, yet contrasting, views on civic virtue and its relationship with political well-being. While Hume articulates that through proper checks and balances liberty and government will be protected from an amoral statesman; to the contrary, Witherspoon states that without a proper moral footing any government is destined to fail. Witherspoon’s assertions are supported by the French philosopher Montesquieu. In contrast, Price makes statements…