virtue ethics Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
Q
what’s virtue ethics interested in
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agent-centred ethics, concerning with developments of characteristics in the moral agent/actor
2
Q
‘the good’ according to virtue ethicists - what we are aiming for
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Eudaimonia (according to Aristotle) - our telos/goal
3
Q
the function argument
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humans must have a function, as everything else in the universe. our unique aspect is our ability to rationalise therefore our function must involve thinking and acting rationally
4
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the relationship between function and virtues
A
if we are living rationally, we will be exercising virtues in accordance with reason as being virtuous is simply fulfilling your function well
