Virtue Moral Behavior | Theory of Virtue | Virtue Background | Nicomachean Moral Virtues | Virtuous Traits |
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What is the difference between virtue and virtue ethics?
Virtue ethics is person rather than action based: it looks at the virtue or moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the consequences of particular actions. A good person is someone who lives virtuously - who possesses and lives the virtues.
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What is virtue ethics according to Socrates?
Socrates believed that knowledge leads to virtue & happiness
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Virtue goes back to which 2 Greek Phiolosphers?
Plato & Aristotle
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virtue in the free face
Courage
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Examples of Virtue
wisdom
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What is Vice and how does it differ from virtue?
Vice stands for the bad or immoral behavior or thoughts of a person.
Virtues are, usually, seen as assets in one’s life whereas vice are seen as deficiencies in life. Virtue stands for the good deeds and thoughts of humans while Vice indicates bad or evil side of people. |
What is Aristotle virtue theory?
Aristotle defines virtue as the average or MEAN
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What does the Greek word for Virtue arete mean?
Excellence
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virtue in the face of bodily pleasures and pain
Temperance
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Examples of Virtue
loyalty
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In virtue ethics the primary goal is...
to be a good person
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What is Plato's theory of virtue?
Plato seems to hold intuition-ism (which says that things can be inheritably good or bad.)
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What are the 4 cardinal Virtues?
-Temperance
-Courage -Prudence -Justice |
pride
acknowledgement of great honors
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Examples of Virtue
respectfulness
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What is eudaimonia?
(Living Well & Acting Well)-the condition of human flourishing or of living well
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This Greek Philosopher agreed with Aristotle that virtue is necessary to obtain certain values and the main purpose of virtue is to attain those values for oneself. The Epicureans valued joy, pleasure, and avoidance of suffering.
Epicureans
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What are the 2 types of virtue according to Aristotle?
-Intellectual virtues
-Moral virtues |
truthfulness
accurate and honest self expression
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Examples of Virtue
courage
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What virtue ethics mean according to Aristotle?
This character-based approach to morality assumes that we acquire virtue through practice. By practicing being honest, brave, just, generous, and so on, a person develops an honorable and moral character. According to Aristotle, by honing virtuous habits, people will likely make the right choice when faced with ethical challenges.
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a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Stoicism is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world.
Stoicism
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What is the Golden Mean?
Finding the balance of extremes of virtue & vices
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friendliness
the virtue of social conduct
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Examples of Virtue
compassion
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