virtue ethics scholars

Question 1

anscombe

Answer 1

criticises theories for being too focussed on autonomy forgetting that there id a social aspect of morality that binds the community- society is becoming secular, therefore we cannot rely on the idea of reward and punishment and the divine law

Question 2

martha nussbaum

Answer 2

interprets Aristotle’s virtue ethics as absolutes

Question 3

MacIntyre

Answer 3

context is key to understanding everything- virtues change over time, therefor VE was more applicable and practical than other ethical theories. e.g. change in homeric virtues to athenian virtues

Question 4

foot

Answer 4

virtues not just goof for individuals but society- she believed in making the world a better place- founder of Oxfam

Question 5

Michael slote

Answer 5

rather than eudaimonia, humans strive for well being

Question 6

ben franklin

Answer 6

utilitarian virtue theorist and believed the best way to be a utilitarian was the practice of virtues

Question 7

MacIntyres three archtypes

Answer 7

the rich aesthete, bureaucratic manager and therapist–> should aim to be philosophers