virtue ethics

Virtue ethics revision

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  • Created on: 16-12-12 17:02
what word does arete come from?
greek
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what does arete mean?
excellence
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Is virtue ethics act or agent centred?
agent centred
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does virtue ethics asks: what kind of person ought i be? or how should i act?
what kind of person ought i be
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what does Plato argue is mans highest good?
eudiamonia and well being of the soul
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what are Plato's cardinal virtues?
prudence, courage,temperance and justice
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When cardinal virtues are in balance what does Plato believe will happen?
there will be virtuous actions
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Do Aristotle and Plato differ?
Yes
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what are Aristotles 2 types if virtues?
moral virtues (habit) intellectual virtues (training)
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what does Aristotle compare compare being virtuous to?
playing an instrument
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Why is being virtous like playing an instrument?
because like playing an instrument you need to prctice in order to be sucessful at it
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what stops some people from being virtuous?
social facts theses are things such as the enviorment that a person has grown in
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Reason is important does Aristotle think this?
Yes reason also contributes a a person being able to make virtuous actions
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golden mean consists of people balancing virtues of excess and deficiency is this true?
Yes it is
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where is a virtous mean found?
inbetween excess and deficiency
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phronesis means practical wisdom but what does it do?
it is acquired whilst a person is growing up and helps them move away from demands of authority making decisions more person centred
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