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Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses

Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses. Lesson Objectives To understand the example of virtuous people To understand the modern developments and perspectives on virtue theory To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of virtue theory. The Examples of virtuous people.

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Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses

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  1. Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses Lesson Objectives To understand the example of virtuous people To understand the modern developments and perspectives on virtue theory To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of virtue theory

  2. The Examples of virtuous people • Another area of virtue ethics is to model behaviour on people whom we may consider virtuous • If you are an aspiring football player you can study the skills and expertise of a good player and try to copy them • There is great diversity between virtuous people e.g.. Ghandi and Bob Geldof • Virtuous role models are not perfect e.g.. Princess Dianna but we can follow her good examples • Role models could also be fictitious e.g. Harry Potter • People with faith may follow Jesus or The prophet Muhammad • Young Christians sometimes wear wristbands withWWJD on. What would Jesus do? To encourage them to be more like him.

  3. Is it possible we could be wrong about some people we consider virtuous? Mother Teresa? Jesus? Homework – revision of everything done this year for mock.

  4. Alasdair MacIntyre British Philosopher born 1929- He re-examined the work of Aristotle and was really impressed with what he found and really alarmed at the fact this kind of approach to morality had been ignored and overlooked by western philosophy. He set about developing a virtue theory for modern readers. In his influential book ‘After Virtue’ (1981) he argued that we live today in ethical confusion a type of moral vacuum where to use moral language such as good, bad, right and wrong no longer makes any sense.

  5. He urges people to consider why it is that human beings seem utterly incapable of coming to enough basic agreement in matters of ethics to enable us to deal with the moral chaos that surrounds us. MacIntyre argues forcibly that society needs to reassert Aristotle’s moral and intellectual virtues in society ie in medicine, education, politics and business.

  6. Activity • Create a mind map outlining the different approaches to virtue from these modern philosophers

  7. Remember your virtue theory scholars with the following: ASTHMA • Aristotle • Slote • Taylor • Hurthouse • MacIntyre • Anscombe

  8. Strengths and Weakness • Cut out the cards and put them into two columns strengths and weaknesses

  9. Homework • Exam Question:

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