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PHI 208 Chapter 5, Must exercise/take action, Reasoning, Fundamental Ideas…
PHI 208 Chapter 5
Virtue Ethics
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Virtue A quality or trait essential to flourishing; a disposition to act and feel in the right ways, at the right time, toward the right objects, and for the right reasons.
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Knowledge/wisdom
Can't be bought with money, must be earned through action
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Wealth
if devoted, may become greedy; life of accumulated wealth is forced but pursuing wealth may make one greedy/selfish
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maintains that the most important consideration for morality is first and foremost what it means to be a good person, which is described in terms of possessing certain character traits that enable us to live well. These character traits are called virtues.
If ethics is concerned with how one should live, the conception of what it means to live well will be concerned with more than simply the kind of world I should strive to bring about or the actions I should or should not do.
task of ethics is to help us refine these ideas, resolve conflicts among them, and explore their implications.
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The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BCE) in Nicomachean Ethics, declares that the aim of studying ethics is not to gain knowledge but to become better people (Aristotle, 1931, 1103b).
Focusing on Aristotelian virtue ethics, the general feature to approach moral reasoning is the teleological form. meaning it draws on telos - the end, purpose, or function of a person's life or what kind of person one should be.
Teleological -- A form of reasoning that considers the dispositions, feelings, and actions necessary to fulfill someone or something’s telos.
Telos The end, purpose, or function of something.
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We understand what a good human life is in terms of the human telos, and this understanding informs what virtues and choices a good person would make.
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Fundamental Ideas
To succeed and to be a good, one must have the discipline needed to complete the required work, be able to internalize and process the information that is given, have the commitment to persevere when things are difficult, and maintain an open mind when confronted with new and challenging ideas. Otherwise, he or she will be unable to succeed.
needs certain qualities that enable person to live well and flourish; to fulfill function/fulfill goal qualities called moral virtues -- The virtues that are essential to a flourishing human life as a whole.
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parts working in harmony, doing what they are supposed to be doing, each contributing to how the whole functions.
More about the kind of person one ought to be than what we ought to do and to what constitutes good character
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