VIRTUE ETHICS Flashcards

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Major work of Aristotle in moral philosophy

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Nicomachean Ethics

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2
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Theory that can provide a comprehensive understanding of how an individual can develop moral character.

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Virtue Ethics

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3
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Every act that a person does is directed toward a particular purpose

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Telos

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4
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The highest purpose and the ultimate good of man

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Eudaimonia (Happiness)

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5
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Excellent way of doing things

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Arete

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6
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What are the 2 part of humam soul according to Aristotle.

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Irrational element amd Rational faculty

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7
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This consist of vegtative and apetitive aspects

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Irrational element

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8
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Functions as giving nutrition and providing the activity of physical growth in person

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Vegetative aspect

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9
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Works as a desiring faculty of man.

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Apetitive aspect

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10
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Two ways to attain intellectual excellence

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Philosophic and practical wisdom

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Concerned with attaining knowledge about the fundamental principles and truths that govern the universe

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Philosophic wisdom

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12
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Excellence in knowing the right conduct in carrying out a particular act

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Practical wisdom

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13
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It is attained by meams of habit

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Moral Virtue

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14
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Two kinds of habit

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Moral and intellectual

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15
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Identification mark of the person

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Character

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16
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Middle or intermediate

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Mesotes

17
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It is the state which one knows that the act applied is not excessive or deficient

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Mesotes

18
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It is a state of character cincerned within choice, lying in a mean

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Virtue

19
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Concerned primarily with the task of developing a good caharacter

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Virtue Ethics

20
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“State of character” which habitually acts according to the middle measure that practical wisdom identifies as the moral choice.

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Moral Virtue