Virtue Ethics Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between 384 and 322 BCE. He was deeply interested in the idea of cause and purpose. On the Foundation Paper‚ you will have explored the ideas of the Four Causes and the Prime Mover. Both of these theories look at the idea of how things are caused and how they move towards their purpose. In ethics‚ any theory that looks at how we become better people over time‚ or that looks at how we move towards our purpose is called a teleological
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NOTES for “The Four Cardinal Virtues” Prudence: The virtue of prudence is the mold and mother of all the other cardinal virtues‚ of justice‚ fortitude‚ and temperance. For Pieper the fact that people feel strange when they hear the discussion of prudence occur indicates that they are genuinely lost in terms of the relationship to Western culture. “…there is a larger significance in the fact that people today can respond to this assertion of the pre-eminence of prudence only with incomprehension
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Similarities and Differences in Virtue Theory‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Deontological Ethics When talking about ethics it is hard to distinguish between ethics and morality. It is also hard to distinguish exactly what realm of ethics contributes to my everyday decisions. Ethics can be defined as “well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues [and] ethics refers to the study
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Abortion Abortion has been considered as one of the most controversial and debatable ethical issues for a long time now. It has roots deep in the history at least couple of hundreds years‚ and there has not appeared a unanimous view on it so far. Moreover‚ it is possible that our society won’t live to see such a thing. Since the termination of the pregnancy is frequently discussed and has many different views on if it is to be legal‚ illegal‚ unethical or ethical‚ a lot of questions arisen in
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The theological virtues of faith‚ hope‚ and charity furnish a strong basis for all other virtues. The cardinal virtues of prudence‚ justice‚ fortitude‚ temperance‚ are the foundation of all moral virtues. The theological virtues define our relations with God; the moral virtues define our relations with ourselves and our fellowmen. If we have these virtues‚ we are on the way to perfection. | 43. Moral Virtues Are there any other virtues besides the theological virtues of faith‚ hope‚ and charity
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Aristotle’s understanding of virtue and his explanation of virtuous actions as presented in Nicomachean Ethics. In Book II of the work‚ Aristotle distinguishes between moral virtues‚ which are learned through habit and practice‚ and intellectual virtues‚ which are learned through instruction. However‚ it is not until later in Book II that Aristotle actually defines virtue. He opens Chapter 5 with‚ "Next we must consider what virtue is" (35) and at its end asserts that virtue is a state of character.
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Confucianism and filial virtue Confucianism is a complex philosophy invented by Confucius during the 5th century BCE‚ which includes social‚ moral‚ philosophical‚ political and religious thoughts that dominated the culture of East Asia. Confucianism does not advocate specific religious practices or rituals in its teachings but teaches the people to adopt ethics behaviors to live in harmony. The most important of its virtues is probably the filial virtue that characterizes‚ still nowadays
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babies heart forms and starts beating in the fifth week of pregnancy‚ therefor‚ that would make abortion murder. The baby that is growing inside of you is depending on you‚ so when you make the choice to end that life‚ you are making the choice to murder another person. Someone that believes in the pro-choice theory would say that the decision is up to the woman‚ but the person with the pro-life theory would say that it is murder no matter what the situation. Would you consider it murder to kill
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How is moral virtue acquired? Alex Koglman Aristotle believes ethics is about moral virtue over intellectual virtue. Moral virtue comes about as a result of habits of human excellence. So in that case nothing that exists by nature can form a habit. For example‚ when a bunny is born it does not learn to hop it is born to hop. With that being said us humans should try and develop good habits from the beginning of life. By developing good habits this will help you do the right thing without
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Plato’s Republic: THe Virtues I. The Virtues In Robin Waterfield’s translation of The Republic‚Socrates attempts to give a definition of justice. At the end of Book II he began a detailed description of the construction of a good city. The good city is a relation to the human soul‚ and its four virtues. In the following paper I will discuss the virtues‚ what they are and where they are found. Also discussed will be the foundation‚ arrangement‚ and the interconnectedness with each one.
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