3.2.1 Virtue ethics - 3 markers Flashcards

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Define a virtue

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A positive persistent character trait/disposition acquired through habituation that contributes to Eudaimonia.

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Define Eudaimonia

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The ‘good’, the final end that we are all striving for, desirable as an end in itself and not for the
sake of anything else. It is best translated as “flourishing”, living/doing well.

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Define practical wisdom

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The ability to see what is important in each situation, to apply the virtues to practice, and to reconcile conflicts between the virtues

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The doctrine of the mean

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The idea that virtue (e.g. courage) exists between a vice of deficiency (e.g. cowardice) and a
vice of excess (e.g. rashness). This applies to actions and to feelings.

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