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virtue ethics Flashcards

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concerned with the consequences of an action

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Consequentialism

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concerned with duties or rules that govern one’s acts

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Deontological ethics

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in Virtue Ethics what do He/she asks?

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“What kind of person I should be?”

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It concentrates on the character of the actor
it focuses on the person performing the act

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Virtue Ethics

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Derived from Nicomachean Ethics

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Aristotelian Virtue Ethics

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son of Aristotle who edited his father’s work

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Nicomachus

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he said every art and every inquiry and similary every action and pursuit…

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aristotle

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artistole birth place and age of death

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Stagira, northern Greece; 62

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happiness, well-being, flourishing, living well

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Eudaimonia

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The Ultimate End:

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Eudaimon

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It is the search for the ultimate good/ethical life

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Eudaimonia: Flourishing Life

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TRUE OR FALSE: Happiness is chosen for the sake of Honor, pleasure, intelligence, not the other way around

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false: Honor, pleasure, intelligence is chosen for the sake of HAPPINESS, not the other way around

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TRUE OR FALSE:The fulfillment of one’s nature is what lead
to happiness

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TRUE

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acquired from teaching and learning, it enables us to think rationally, requires experience and time

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Intellectual Virtues

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formed by habit, it enables us to handle our desires and emotions rationally. Justice, prudence, fortitude, and temperance are acquired through practice and habitual action

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Moral Virtues

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given by nature; we receive the power of using them first then we exercise these in action. Example: Sense Faculties – we first possess them, then we use them.

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Endowments

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we practice them before we acquire them. Example: If we want to be a just person, practice just actions, if we want to be self-controlled, exercise self- control.

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Virtues

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is a state of character, internally located. It demands that the right act flow effortlessly from the personality as its characteristic trait.

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Virtue

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doing the right thing, to the right person, at the right time, in the right manner and to the right extent

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Moral action

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can be acquired through time by continuous performance of moral action. Part of one’s nature and personality.

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Character

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TRUE OR FALSE: One must not exercise reason in determining the virtue.

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FALSE: One MUST exercise reason in determining the virtue.

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TRUE OR FALSE: Virtue is needed in achieving the purpose of human life – eudaimonia.

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TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSEVirtue is found in the middle of two extremes.

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FALSE; Virtue is found in the middle of TWO extremes.

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TRUE OR FALSE: It is possible for a person to do a right act without necessarily being virtuous just as it is possible for a virtuous person to succumb to an immoral deed without forfeiting his virtuous nature.

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TRUE

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Man who steals food for the family is not a thief.

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TRUE

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25
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doing the right act with a feeling of pleasure and contentment.

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Virtuous Person

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acts in ways to help alleviate the suffering of others with positive feeling of joy and enthusiasm rather than regret and heaviness of heart.

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Compassionate Person

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Virtue = ______ + ______

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Virtue = Acting + Feeling

28
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Virtue is the mean of two extremes:

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o Extreme excess
o Extreme deficiency

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In the East, __________AND ______ are closely intertwined.

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religion and philosophy

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known as a religious tradition and recognized by scholars as a philosophical system for it provides views pertaining to morality

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▪ Confucianism

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other names of confucius

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Master kong; kong fu tzu; kung fu tze; kong- qiu

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birthplace of confucius; age of death

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shantung; 72

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3 Stages of Moral Excellence

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apprentice, junzi, sage

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Small men, small-spirited person
▪ Lower social class

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XIAOREN (Hsiao-Jen)

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▪ Lower social class

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XIAOREN (Hsiao-Jen)

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who said “What gives value to one’s life is solely whether one follows the path of moral self- cultivation.”

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Confucius

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cultured and knows how to act and speak appropriately in any situation; not a commander of or ruler over inferior subjects but rather a moral person who leads by his character and conduct

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junzi

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o benevolence, humanness
o doing things that promote the well-being
of other people
o compassion for others

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ren (jen)

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o propriety
o Doing things that are appropriate in a
given situation
o Proper ways of speaking, behaving, dressing

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Li

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o reciprocity
o Doing thing in accordance with the Golden Rule “Do not do unto others what you do not want others do unto you.”

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shu

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o filial piety
o love, respect, devotion to family members

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xiao

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Culture
o doing things that cultivate one’s sense of
appreciation of culture
o Acquiring artistic skills in music, painting, dance, etc.

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wen

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wisdom

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zhi

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yi

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righteuousness

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xin

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trustworthiness

44
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TRUE OR FALSE: One could not be a gentleman or noble despite not being born in an aristocratic family

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FALSE: One COULD BE a gentleman or noble despite not being born in an aristocratic family

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TRUE OR FALSE; A true Junzi loves learning.

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TRUE

46
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According to Thomas Aquinas real happiness is

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Union with God

47
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o the means to perfect human activity
o Strength or power that can be developed

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virtue

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birthplace of thomas aquinas

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aquino italy

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thomas quinas wrote the two

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Wrote Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles

50
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participation of the eternal law in the rational creature

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Law of nature

51
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an existing condition which is binding and immutable CANNOT BE CHANGED

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law

52
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3 Ends of Human Beings

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  1. To preserve life
  2. To reproduce
  3. To belong in society
53
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Humans are equipped with ______ or ____ (reason)

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powers or
potentialities

53
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the natural faculty of human reason to distinguish right from wrong

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Conscience

54
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2 Parts of Conscience:

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synderisis; conscientia

55
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innate right reason to know good and evil.

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Synderesis

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use synderesis to make appropriate decisions

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Conscientia

57
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habits that make one a good person. They are also called Cardinal Virtues because they are necessary to lead a virtuous life. (Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude)

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Moral Virtues

57
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discipline of the mind, perfects understanding of what is right and wrong

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Intellectual Virtues

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Theological Virtue

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faith - to see
hope - to trust
charity- to love

58
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enlightenment resulting from the grace of God.

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Theological Virtues

59
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who said that law is an ordinance of reason for the common good

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thomas aquinas

60
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who said that perfection of moral virtues does not wholly take away the passions, but regulated them

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thomas aquinas

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