A Level - RS - Religious Compatibility with Virtue Ethics
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- Religious Compatibility with Virtue Ethics
- Jesus is regarded by Christians as the perfect example of a virtuous person
- his teachings offer a virtuous ethical system
- "My command is this;love each other as i have loved you." - John 15:12
- his teachings offer a virtuous ethical system
- Mel Thompson
- VE and Natural Law are both based on the fundamental understand-ing of the nature of humankind
- Share the same view of what constitutes 'good life'
- therefore is possible to see them as two aspects of a single moral argument
- Share the same view of what constitutes 'good life'
- terminology has changed a bit since Aristotle's time
- Happiness = human flourishing
- arguably religion does have views about our purpose of life on earth.
- Happiness = human flourishing
- VE and Natural Law are both based on the fundamental understand-ing of the nature of humankind
- Mahayana Buddhists, meaning greater Vehicle, claim to be the most compassionate
- as they help others to achieve enlightenment
- Bears some resemblance to the role of philosophers and role models to achieving eudaimonia in Aristotle's VT
- as they help others to achieve enlightenment
- Cardinal Virtues have been adopted into religious theology
- to oppose the ethical system of the 7 vices or the seven deadly sins.
- Example Natural Law uses Cardinal Virtues
- to oppose the ethical system of the 7 vices or the seven deadly sins.
- Jesus is regarded by Christians as the perfect example of a virtuous person
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