Thinkers On Virtue Ethics Flashcards
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Aristotle and virtue
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Doctrine of the mean
“For we are enquiring not in order to know what virtue is but in order to become good”
“We learn to play the harp by playing the harp” PRACTICE
Use reason correctly
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Plato and virtue
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Aim is eudaimonia 4 cardinal virtues; Temperance Courage Justice Prudence
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GEM Anscombe and virtue ethics
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Act-based theories ignore the person and ignore a belief people no longer have
Eudaimonia is the aim - no need for God
Modern Moral Philosophy 1958
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Philippa foot (1920-) on virtue
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Virtues stop us doing harmful things and lead us to flourishing
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Alasdair Macintyre (1929-) on virtue
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After Virtue
No moral truths
“Any virtues which sustain the households+communities in which men+women seek for good together”
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Rosalind Hursthouse on virtue
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Virtues shape our reasoning
Easiest way of achieving eudaimonia
