VIRTUE ETHICS Flashcards
type of ethics that concentrates on the character of the actor
virtue ethics
concerned with the consequences of an action
consequentialism
concerned with duties or rules that govern one’s acts
deontological ethics
at what age did aristotle go to athens
17
what age was alexander the great when he was tutored by aristotle
13
son of aristotle
nicomachus
the ultimate end
eudaimon
means flourishing life or happiness as the ultimate goal
eudaimonia
_____________________ is an end in itself never as a means to something
happiness
It is the active exercise of our
faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite
concept of virtue
kinds of virtue according to aristotle
intellectual virtue
moral virtue
acquired from teaching, and learning, it enables us to think rationally, requires experience and time
intellectual virtue
formed by habit, enables us to handle our desires and emotions rationally
moral virtues
give by nature, we receive the power of using them first then we exercise these in action
endowments
we practice them before we acquire them
virtues
it is a state of character, internally located
virtue
doing the right thing to the right person at the right time
moral action
can be acquired through time by continuous performance of moral action
character
in aristotlean virtue ethics, virtue must be practiced __________
repeatedly
a person who acts in ways to help alleviate the suffering of others with positive feeling of joy
compassionate person
a person who does the right act with a feeling of pleasure and contentment
virtuous person
known as a religious tradition and recognized by scholars as a philosophical system for it provides views pertaining to morality
confucianism
focus of confucian virtue ethics
cultivation of character traits to achieve moral excellence
