Philippa Foot's Views on Virtue Ethic
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- Foot's Virtue Ethic
- Virtues
- Purpose of becoming virtuous reaching Eudaimonia
- Lies between two vices or extremes: deficiency and excess as a mean
- Cardinal moral Virtues: Courage, Justice Wisdom and Temperance
- excellence of the will that benefits people
- Intentions and Desires
- Actions are virtuous if they are intended for a good end and the agent desires to act virtuously
- Robbing a bank isn't courageous, the intention is bad though it takes courage to rob a bank
- e.g of Adultery
- Virtues as a Corrective
- Virtues are special
- Corrects natural tendency for non virtuous actions in accord with temptations
- Honesty wouldn't be valuable if everyone was honest
- Implies natural tendency is to be dishonest
- Corrects natural tendency for non virtuous actions in accord with temptations
- Honesty wouldn't be valuable if everyone was honest
- Implies natural tendency is to be dishonest
- Justice corrects our selfishness
- Analogy of plank of wood
- Virtues are special
- Degree of Virtue
- People have different degree of Virtue
- The degree of a virtue relates to the difficulty the agent faces in being virtuous
- Poor man giving to charity has higher degree of justice then rich man giving to charity
- Virtues
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