Virtue Ethics Key Words 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? Religious StudiesEthicsA2/A-levelOCR Created by: Emily WrightCreated on: 17-04-13 14:05 Virtue A positive characteristic that suggests moral excellence or goodness 1 of 22 Eudamonia A contented state of being happy, healthy and prosperous 2 of 22 Agent Centered Ethical approaches that are focused on the development of the person rather than on the morality of what they are doing 3 of 22 Act centered Ethical approaches that are focussd on the morality of the action performed rather than the consequences 4 of 22 Doctrine of the mean / Golden mean The desirable virtuous tate. Where a person has the correct balance between the vice of excess and the vice of deficiency 5 of 22 Phronesis To show the correct wisdom to intuit whether something is virtuous or not 6 of 22 Arete/ Aretaic Ethics The greek word for "excellence" or "virtue" the virue of an olympi swimmer swimming well 7 of 22 Cardinal Values Justice, temperance, prudence and courage 8 of 22 Exemplars Someone who models virtuous behavior 9 of 22 Anscombe Asserted a return to the ideals od eudaimonia outlined by Aristotle. Morality based on the agent 10 of 22 P.Foot Foot believes that virtues don't necassarily garuntee happiness, but they do help in moving towards achieving it 11 of 22 Taylor Belieed religious teachigs undermined the chances of humans flourishing 12 of 22 Hursthouse "Virtues assist our practical reasoning". This allows us to become better. Reason allows us to be virtuous 13 of 22 MacIntyre Based on aristotles idea of Telos (ends). We should develop virtues that are relevant to contemporary times 14 of 22 Vice of deficiency Where an agent displys a lack of a virtue 15 of 22 Vice of an excess Where an agent displays a lack of 16 of 22 Vice of deficiency Where an agent displys a lack of a virtue 17 of 22 Vice of an excess Where an agent displays a lack of 18 of 22 Vice of deficiency Where an agent displys a lack of a virtue 19 of 22 Vice of an excess Where an agent displays too much of a virtue 20 of 22 Susan Wolf Criticises virtue ethics believing there will be "no variety or excitement in the world" if we were all virtuous 21 of 22 Robert Louden Criticicses virtue ethics as **** may be allowed if the act were to lead some people to justify it as a part of personal development 22 of 22
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