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Virtue Ethics - Coggle Diagram
Virtue Ethics
MacIntyre
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Practices : everyday activities that are 'coherent and complex', established in past, lead to unique goods
search for the good life - allows humans to 'flourish' which will lead people in different directions, requires reason
big 3 virtues : courage, justice, honesty
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Modern Virte Ethics
Slote
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Aristotle has cold virtues, hs are warm virtues
hursthouse
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address criticism "lack of practical application" - instead of saying hoe a virtuos person would act - how a virtuous person would think in moral dilemma
each vice of a virtue can lead to 'rules' - a very virtuos person can fine-tune these ruels
virtues shape virtuos persons practical reasoning in characteristic way, insteaf of shaping attitudes
BUT : does this rely too much on individual, not everyone can make rules for themselves, know which questions to ask
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Abortion - based on each situation, look at contextual questions more than overall rights of foetus/mother
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Foot
responds to moral non-cognitivism - concept of a virtue adds a higher weight than emotive statements
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Specific virtues
Magnificence, Ambition ref. GE
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