A Level - RS - Weaknesses of Virtue Ethics Part 3
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- Weaknesses of Virtue Ethics Part 3
- Virtue Ethics fails to fully account for acts that are done with the intention of cultivating virtues and done with the corrections but have unforeseen negative consequence
- Louden
- Concerned with the lack of focus on acts and consequence in VE as he acknowledges that some people do get it wrong.
- "Virtue Ethics, however, since is conceptual scheme is rooted in the notion of a good person, is unable to access correctly the occasional tragic outcomes of human action."
- Concerned with the lack of focus on acts and consequence in VE as he acknowledges that some people do get it wrong.
- Louden
- Who has the right to decide what virtues are best?
- Could Ari be writing from a sexist, racist position?
- Tyler and Reid
- "How do we decide which virtues are those to be cultivated the most?... Virtues have a relative value in different cultures"
- Tyler and Reid
- Vardy
- virtues valued by Aristotle are mostly masculine ones such as bravery and honour.
- Ari was writing in a time that inequalities between noblemen and slaves were the norm
- virtues valued by Aristotle are mostly masculine ones such as bravery and honour.
- Could Ari be writing from a sexist, racist position?
- VE does not solve any problems of other deontological or teleological ethics
- Bowie Draws from Schaller - morals have only ''instrumental or derivative value.''
- Relies on the concept of duty
- Undermines the significance of Virtue Theory
- Bowie - it is difficult to work out who is virtuous as external acts may have doubtful inner motives that cannot be perceived and vice versa.
- VE may have to borrow from other theories
- places emphasis on community
- may have to apply a Utilitarian approach of the 'greatest happiness for the greatest number'
- places emphasis on community
- VE may have to borrow from other theories
- Bowie - it is difficult to work out who is virtuous as external acts may have doubtful inner motives that cannot be perceived and vice versa.
- Undermines the significance of Virtue Theory
- Relies on the concept of duty
- Bowie Draws from Schaller - morals have only ''instrumental or derivative value.''
- Virtue Ethics fails to fully account for acts that are done with the intention of cultivating virtues and done with the corrections but have unforeseen negative consequence
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