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are greek philosophers in the ancient period who deeply affected western philosophy.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Plato became a student and disciple of ________ the most admired and patronized Greek philosopher at the time
Socrates
is a philosopher and natural scientist who eventually shared distinction of being the most ancient philosopher
Aristotle
the contemporary theory in ethics called _____ is said to have started with these great philosophers.
virtue ethics
in the medieval era, the Italian philosopher and theologian ______ revived, enhanced, and christianized the greek virtue ethics.
Thomas Aquinas
is a moral philosophy that teaches that an action is right if it is an action that a virtuous person would perform in the same situations.
virtue ethics
is a moral characteristic that an individual needs to live well
virtue
puts emphasis on developing good habits of character and avoiding bad character traits
virtue ethics
Developing one’s moral capacity to the fullest is pursuing _______, which is displayed by the virtues
ethical excellence
are the freely chosen characters that people praise in others
virtues
people praise them (virtue) because:
- they are difficult to develop
- they are correlative of natural deficiencies
- they are beneficial both to self and society
defines a moral person as someone who develops virtues and unfailingly displays them over time.
Virtue ethics
The Greeks lost four “cardinal virtues”
wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice
the Christian teaching recommends:
faith, hope, charity, love
others suggest virtue whichh are associated with humanity’ namely
grace, mercy, forgiveness, honor, restraint, reasonableness, solidarity
