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Incompatible Samuel Kratzer Bethel University ABSTRACT The compelling empirical support for situationism has caused many to question whether there is such a thing as character or if it simply a mis. Hurt Locker. and . Zero Dark Thirty. :. Virtue Ethics and the War on Terror. Zero Dark Thirty. : The Controversy. ZDT was criticized by many for seeming to portray “enhanced interrogation” as crucial to the killing of Bin Laden. November 6, 2013. Egoism. Self-Interest of person doing, considering, or affected by the action. Ethical standard that “all persons ought to do what is in their own self-interest.”. Source: Philosophy.lander.edu. Definition of Morality and Ethics. Fields in Ethics. descriptive, normative, metaethics. Other Normative Disciplines. law, religion, etiquette. Domains of Moral Assessment. act, consequences, character, motive. 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 . 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.. Strengths Weaknesses Happiness – Virtue Ethics brings happiness for individuals and society . Ben Franklin was a Utilitarian, but thought that the way to achieve the greater good was virtu 1 (e.g. pleasure or -normative ethics of behavior studies what makes -virtue ethics studies what virtuous or vicious A. What is Virtue Ethics?A. What is Virtue Ethics?3. A different explwrong given 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. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing. The good. ‘What is the good for human beings?’. . What . is it that we are aiming . at?. What. . would provide a successful, fulfilling, good life. 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 . Abortion. Euthanasia and assisted suicide. Capital Punishment. Genetic engineering (cloning, designer babies, genetic research) . When applying Natural Law:. The fact that Natural Law is absolute. Which of the primary precepts affect the issue?. What Environmental Ethics has to says about the Via Verde Project. What is Environmental Ethics?. A systematic and critical study of different moral approaches to the environment such as…. Extensionism. better and more active men if we believe it right to look for what we don