VIRTUE ETHICS Flashcards
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Major work of Aristotle in moral philosophy
Nicomachean Ethics
Theory that can provide a comprehensive understanding of how an individual can develop moral character.
Virtue Ethics
Every act that a person does is directed toward a particular purpose
Telos
The highest purpose and the ultimate good of man
Eudaimonia (Happiness)
Excellent way of doing things
Arete
What are the 2 part of humam soul according to Aristotle.
Irrational element amd Rational faculty
This consist of vegtative and apetitive aspects
Irrational element
Functions as giving nutrition and providing the activity of physical growth in person
Vegetative aspect
Works as a desiring faculty of man.
Apetitive aspect
Two ways to attain intellectual excellence
Philosophic and practical wisdom
Concerned with attaining knowledge about the fundamental principles and truths that govern the universe
Philosophic wisdom
Excellence in knowing the right conduct in carrying out a particular act
Practical wisdom
It is attained by meams of habit
Moral Virtue
Two kinds of habit
Moral and intellectual
Identification mark of the person
Character
Middle or intermediate
Mesotes
It is the state which one knows that the act applied is not excessive or deficient
Mesotes
It is a state of character cincerned within choice, lying in a mean
Virtue
Concerned primarily with the task of developing a good caharacter
Virtue Ethics
“State of character” which habitually acts according to the middle measure that practical wisdom identifies as the moral choice.
Moral Virtue
