Classic Virtue Ethics
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- Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
- The Function Argument
- everything we do have a purpose (Telos)
- Everything as a function (ergon) and being good is to perform function well.
- P1: For humans to be good we must perform our functions well.
- P2: To do this is to perform the action in accordance with virtues.
- IC1: The good for anyone is to be virtuous when completing actions.
- P3: the function for humans is rationality.
- IC2: the good for humans is to act rationally in accordance with virtues.
- P4: Happiness is good for humans.
- C: happiness is rationality in accordance with virtue.
- P4: Happiness is good for humans.
- IC2: the good for humans is to act rationally in accordance with virtues.
- P3: the function for humans is rationality.
- IC1: The good for anyone is to be virtuous when completing actions.
- P2: To do this is to perform the action in accordance with virtues.
- everything we do have a purpose (Telos)
- Eudaimonia
- The goal in life
- Emphasized that pleasure doesn't lead to happiness
- The value of pleasure is determined by the value of the activity
- Emphasized that pleasure doesn't lead to happiness
- The goal in life
- Intellectual and moral virtues
- Inellectual
- Virtues of the mind
- Ability to understand, reason and make judgments,
- May be taught
- Ability to understand, reason and make judgments,
- Virtues of the mind
- Moral
- Moral character of the agent
- Acquired through habit
- include: Temperance and justice
- Acquired through habit
- Moral character of the agent
- Cardinal virtues
- Prudence
- Temperance
- Fortitude
- Inellectual
- Golden mean
- The balance between excess and deficiency
- Developing virtues is acting in the mean and choosing the right way to act with the appropriate degree in the circumstance
- Aristotle thought it was important to find a balance
- The balance between excess and deficiency
- Strengths
- 2.Focuses on the person rather than just an action or outcome. More holistic and well rounded.
- 1. Easy to put into practice. Compared to Kantian ethics it is not purely theoretical and is easily accessible as everyone can understand the virtues, no laws/rules to learn or follow.
- Weaknesses
- 2.Hard to find the mean. Not all actions have a mean e.g., adultery or murder and to find the mean there is no formula to use so people struggle to determine their actions.
- 1. Virtues can be culturally relative so identifying them can be difficult. Definitions of each virtue will vary in communities so decisions will differ.
- The Function Argument
- good pleasure is good activity
- The value of pleasure is determined by the value of the activity
- good is what is good for all which is to have the best quality of life
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