Virtue ethics Flashcards
in virtue ethics, what is good in itself?
Over following happiness
IN VI what is the central question
what is a good character
in deontology what is good in iteself
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A goo will
in deontolofy what is the central question
what is the right thing to do.
Right action is knowing the right thing to do_____
in the right place at the right time, in the right way
an action counts as virtuous,
according to Aristotle _____
when one holds oneself in a
stable equilibrium of the soul, in order to choose the
action knowingly and for its own sake
what is a hexis and what does Aristotle identify as a hexis
having - holding that is never passive but always at work right now
- virtue.
goodness is never in the action but only in the doer, True or false
true
Character, ithos, is produced by habit, ethos. true or false
true
what is a habit?
Habits are passive but lasting conditions; in contrast,
desires and impulses are passive and momentary
Habituation is not the beginning but the end of the
process toward virtue, true or false.
false, habituation is not the end but the beginning of the process towards virtue.