Virtue Ethics

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A-Level Ethics Mapa Mental sobre Virtue Ethics, creado por pri9494 el 29/04/2013.
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Virtue Ethics
  1. Virtuous all the time
    1. Even when he sleeps, because he has cultivated the habit of virtue
    2. Golden Mean
      1. Right way to act
        1. The perfect balance between 2 extremes
          1. Discovered by the intellect
            1. Leads to genuine practical wisdom (Phronesis) & moral wisdom
              1. Vices of deficiency & vices of excess
                1. Between cowardice & foolhardiness = courage
              2. Act out of desire, not duty
                1. Deriving satisfaction from doing the right thing
                  1. Identified the right thing to do
                    1. Not because they ought/want to do so
                    2. Not for any external reasons/goals
                      1. Good samaritan example
                      2. Moral Virtues
                        1. Despite man's intellectual pursuit, still has to live practically in the world
                          1. Qualities of character attained by habit/cultivation
                            1. Those that lead to a good life
                              1. The person who aims to cultivate these qualities is maximising their potential for a happy life
                                1. A quality of happiness described as..
                            2. 12
                              1. Courage
                                1. Temperance
                                  1. Liberty
                                    1. Magnificence
                                  2. Eudaimonia
                                    1. Involved in being happy & living well
                                      1. Of intrinsic value & not as a means to an end
                                        1. Should be desired for its own sake
                                          1. Not only for the individual, but also for the society for which they are a member
                                        2. Every action is directed towards an aim
                                          1. Superior Aims
                                            1. Includes contemplating philosophy
                                            2. Subordinate Aims
                                              1. Seeking personal preferences
                                            3. Practice
                                              1. Must be a continuous attempt
                                                1. Involves an awareness of the circumstances in which he acts
                                                  1. PRUDENCE
                                                    1. Must not only desire to do good, must know when & how
                                              2. Intellectual Virtues
                                                1. The end or purpose of man is rational thought
                                                  1. His highest good is found here
                                                    1. Qualities of the mind
                                                      1. Developed through instruction
                                                    2. Role Models
                                                      1. The good person should learn from these
                                                        1. Train & exercise until it becomes an automatic way of living & behaving
                                                          1. Part of his character
                                                            1. Can exercise without conscious will/effort
                                                          2. Revival
                                                            1. Elizabeth Anscombe
                                                              1. Richard Taylor
                                                                1. Phillipa Foot
                                                                  1. Alastair McIntyre
                                                                    1. James F. Keenan
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