Virtue Ethics 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesEthicsA2/A-levelOCR Created by: theblazingoptimistCreated on: 21-02-17 11:59 What is the happiest life, according to Aristotle? One lived in harmony w/ comm. 1 of 15 What is the polis? Comm. concerned w/ common good 2 of 15 What were Aristotle's two types of virtues? Intellectual and moral 3 of 15 What are intellectual virtues? Dev. thru training/education 4 of 15 What are moral virtues? Dev. thru habit 5 of 15 What did Aristotle believe was one way for people to become virtuous? Through habit (like playing a musical instrument) 6 of 15 Define golden mean Balance between vices of excess and deficiency 7 of 15 Criticise the golden mean Different for different people, gives no reason for following virtues over vices, virtues needed in certain jobs 8 of 15 What did Aristotle say about virtuous people? We need to model ourselves on their virtuous characteristics 9 of 15 What did Macintyre say about modern morality? Not person-centered - virtues change over time, justice/honesty/courage 10 of 15 What did Phillippa Foot believe about the function of virtues? Don't function as virtues when used for bad end 11 of 15 What does Rosalind Hurthouse believe virtues do? Shape person's practical reasoning as well as virtues; shows how virtuous person would think about situations 12 of 15 What did Michael Slote believe about virtue ethics? Caring for others; agent-based theory (evaluates actions of the virtuous, not just what it means to be virtuous) 13 of 15 Give strengths of virtue ethics Anscombe - doesn't involve God, focused on community, flexible, enc. human improvement 14 of 15 Give weaknesses of virtue ethics N/A to issues, vices can be good, are we virtuous if we only follow others (Louden), virtues clash, Aristotle's cultural relativism 15 of 15
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