MacIntyre's Virtue Ethics
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- McIntyre's Virtue Ethics
- After Virtue 1981
- Modern Ethics puts too much emphasis on reason and not enough stress on people, their character and the context of their lives
- Athenian virtues were the most complete
- Societies need virtuous people who organised charity jumble sales
- Society depends on the existence of people who exhibit virtues
- Virtuous life depends on developing a habit of being moral and striving towards values. This can give life overall purpose and meaning
- MacIntyre's Virtues
- Courage
- Helps us face up to challenges that come our way
- Justice
- Fairness and is the art of giving someone what they deserve
- Temperance
- Prevents us from acting rashly
- Wisdom
- The ability to act in a particular way
- Industriousness
- Willingness to work hard
- Hope
- being optimistic
- Patience
- Being willing to wait
- Courage
- Underneath the virtues there must be a good will
- One must desire to do virtuous things rather than just do them. It is not virtuous if the virtue is unintended
- Types of good
- Internal Goods
- Specific to the activity
- External Goods
- Not specific to the activity
- Internal Goods
- Being virtuous doesn't excuse a person from vices
- Types of people
- Bureaucratic Manager
- Dominant person in the world today
- Profit over principles
- Efficient in using people and resources to achieve their aims
- Both people and resources are dispensable
- Rich Aesthete
- Dominant in our celebrity culture
- Lives for pleasure
- Values for their money, clothes, thinnness and lifestyle over virtues
- Therapist
- Someone has to deal with our failed aspirations where success is only enjoyed by a few people
- Here to help us deal with our stressful lifestyle and make us feel like our lives are not empty and meaningless
- Bureaucratic Manager
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