A Level - RS - Modern Approaches - Differences Between MacIntyre and Anscombe
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- Modern Approaches - differences between MacIntyre and Anscombe
- All humans want a moral life and to live a good life for its own sake
- MacIntyre
- Virtues are desirable nut humans need a reason to be moral
- Cant rely on a concept of natural goodness
- Virtues are desirable nut humans need a reason to be moral
- Anscombe
- Example - people give presents in order to receive something in return
- If they did not they would most likely stop giving
- MacIntyre
- MacIntyre
- Consequence matter
- A degree of consequen-tialism should be added to Virtue Ethics.
- People need to know why they should be virtuous.
- They should work this out by using reason.
- People need to know why they should be virtuous.
- Anscombe
- Virtue Ethics should be set aside till a psychological answer can be devised
- Which doesn't focus upon consequence
- Virtue Ethics should be set aside till a psychological answer can be devised
- A degree of consequen-tialism should be added to Virtue Ethics.
- Consequence matter
- McIntyre
- Focuses on rather the historical aspect and how that helped to shape Aristotle's Virtue Ethics
- Anscombe
- Devised 3 things that are controversial to the ideology of Virtue Ethics
- The main point of the three is that moral obligation and moral duty should be abandoned until psychology has done it's work.
- Devised 3 things that are controversial to the ideology of Virtue Ethics
- All humans want a moral life and to live a good life for its own sake
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