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Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics. Team Members: Samantha Nirschl Dave Opperman Ryan Tess-Wanat Adam Bokelman. Virtue Ethics: Summary. Moral Goodness Attitudes or Character traits Thoughtful reflection on what kind of person we have the potential to become

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Virtue Ethics

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  1. Virtue Ethics • Team Members: • Samantha Nirschl • Dave Opperman • Ryan Tess-Wanat • Adam Bokelman

  2. Virtue Ethics: Summary • Moral Goodness • Attitudes or Character traits • Thoughtful reflection on what kind of person we have the potential to become • Virtues are like habits, once acquired become characteristics

  3. Examples of Virtues: • Honesty • Compassion • Generosity • Integrity • Self-control • Trustworthiness

  4. Influential People • Aristotle –(384 BC – 322 BC) • Philippa Foot –(1920-present)

  5. Aristotle • Was a Greek Philosopher • Student Of Plato • Father of Virtue Ethics • First to really stress the importance of having virtues

  6. Aristotle • Identified that virtue is related to the proper function of a thing. • In order for us to function properly we need a virtuous happy self character • Once a virtuous person • Later develop wisdom

  7. Philippa Ruth Foot • British Philosopher • Founder of modern virtue ethics • Wrote a collection of papers called “virtues and vices” (1978) • Was responsible for influencing Oxford philosophers

  8. Philippa Foot • Modernized Aristotle's ethical theories and showed it was adaptable to a new contemporary view • Wrote “Natural Goodness” in 2001 • Denys a fact/value distinction and found room for a sophisticated kind of ethical naturalism. • Ethical Naturalism is a version of an Aristotelian ethic in which the nature of human beings is itself a determinant of their good.

  9. Criticism Of Virtue Theory • Different cultures will have different virtues. • Ex: Greeks have more pride where as Christian monks have more humility

  10. Criticism Continued… • Some critics say it goes beyond moral views and focuses more on our actions. • Not what should I do, but what kind of person should I be?

  11. Criticism Continued • Ex: Running a marathon takes training and practice, so does our virtues.

  12. Current Ethical Dilemma • You are driving to work and see a person collapse on the sidewalk • What do you do? • Stop and help • Drive by ignoring the person

  13. Current Ethical Dilemma • You stopped and helped, being a Good Samaritan • Consequences for stopping • You are late for work and are disciplined with 3 days off without pay

  14. Current Ethical Dilemma • You drive by • Consequences for not stopping? • Later you find out the person died • If you would have stopped you may have saved that persons life!

  15. Current Ethical Dilemma • You find out that the collapsed person was the spouse of the person that works next to you! • What do you tell that person?

  16. What would you do?

  17. Review Questions • What (kind of thing) is a virtue? • Who founded the theory of virtue ethics? • How do Virtues differ from Morals?

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