PDF-Unprincipled Virtue: An Inquiry into Moral Agency

Review of Unprincipled Virtue An Inquiry into Mora l Agency By Nomy Arpaly Oxford University Press 2003 x 204 pp . Aristotle and Our Contemporaries. Introduction. Concern for character has flourished in the West since the time of Plato, whose early dialogues explored such virtues as courage and piety. Two Moral Questions . Business English. Gunadarma. University. . INQUIRY LETTER. What is a letter of inquiry?. A letter is sent to sellers or manufacturers to get some information and detailed. Starter – Disentanglement – identify the parts that are or might be . Aristotilean. .. Reading – Puzzle of Ethics p34-35. Higher Reading – . MacIntyre. p94. Bring this next lesson . LO s . To recap knowledge about the life and works of Aristotle. ETHICS BOWL. STARTER QUESTION. Think of someone who you think of as . a good person. .. It could be a family member, friend, someone famous – anyone!. Q: What . makes. this person good?. List the . An Interdisciplinary Case Study. A Poacher's Redemption. . ... look for values. Normative Ethics. (1) Virtue Ethics. Virtue ethics is concerned with the character traits of a person as the object of moral inquiry. . How are sports and virtues related?. Is it safe to say that once you exude negative behaviors, you can never be a virtuous person?. Are those athletes seen as faking a foul or “flopping” seen as virtuous people?. Learning objective. To know and understand the modern development of virtue ethics by Alasdair Macintyre. Key question. What is a virtue?. Key words. Internal . External. Good will. OVERview. Modern ethical study has lost its way.. Themes in Ethics and Epistemology. Shane Ryan. s.g.ryan@sms.ed.ac.uk. 09/10/13. Topic. What is virtue ethics?. Structure. 1. The Motivation for Virtue Ethics. 2. Virtue Ethics: historical background. ETHICS PART III. Why Be Good?. Introduction. Why be good?. Other People. Practical Answer. Goodness For its Own Sake. Reformulation. Practical Answer. A Religious Answer. Goodness for its own sake. Analogies. ETHICS PART III. Why Be Good?. Introduction. Why be good?. Other People. Practical Answer. Goodness For its Own Sake. Reformulation. Practical Answer. A Religious Answer. Goodness for its own sake. Analogies. 2 Peter 1:5-7. Virtue - . arete. “any . excellence. of a person (in body or mind) or of a thing, an eminent endowment, property or quality (Thayer’s).. “properly denotes whatever procures . preeminent. What is an inquiry?. “Inquiry is an approach to learning whereby students find and use . a variety of sources . of information and ideas to . increase their understanding. of a problem, topic or issue of importance. It requires more than simply answering questions or getting a right answer. It espouses . STARTER QUESTION. Think of someone who you think of as . a good person. .. It could be a family member, friend, someone famous – anyone!. Q: What . makes. this person good?. List the . qualities or character traits . Utilitarian and Virtue-based Ethics Based on Kernohan , A. (2012). Environmental ethics: An interactive introduction . Buffalo, NY: Broadview Press, Chapters 5 & 6. Prepared by D. G. Ross, Auburn University. Images copyright D. G. Ross, unless otherwise noted.