Concept three (Aristotle)

Question 1

What type of ethics did Aristotle believe in?

Answer 1

Virtue ethics

Question 2

Aristotle is the ?

Answer 2

Originator of ethical theory

Question 3

Aristotle believed what about morals and has emphasis on what?

Answer 3

He believe that moral evaluation of actions should taken into account of the character
His emphasis was less on what to DO and more on who to BE and how to LIVE

Question 4

Virtue ethics tends to use less___ than others

Answer 4

Tends to use less abstract moral vocabulary than other models

Question 5

Primary moral principle:

Answer 5

An action is right if and only if its what a good virtuous person would do in the same situation/ circumstance.

Question 6

Kinds of Virtues

Answer 6

-Truthfulness
-Courage
-Temperance
-Friendliness
-Liberality
-Modesty

Question 7

What is a required way of thinking?

Answer 7

Not pretending to be virtuous, you have to act from a place of actual virtue, having virtuous motives and intentions

Question 8

How is virtue developed?

Answer 8

-Developing habits through practice
-Emulating or modeling virtuous people

Question 9

Pros of virtue ethics:

Answer 9

-The theory focused on attention on developing people rather than rules and punishments
-Educating the world, creating a good society
-The theory is useful because we are more interested in determining moral character of a person rather than their actions
-The theory incorporates the whole human life in order to live well (Virtuous person)

Question 10

Cons of virtue ethics:

Answer 10

-The concept of virtue is very unclear
-Theory fails to adequately cover cases between virtues
-Many virtues assert being virtuous (its necessary) to live a good life