PPT-Aristotle – Virtue Ethics

Starter reminder of the doctrine of the mean vice virtues and deficiencies Ext A few examples HWK Michael Slote article LO s To deepen understanding of the traditional formulation of virtue ethics including . 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 . 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. 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. ARISTOTLE. (384 BC – 322 BC). Some scholars regard him as the greatest philosopher of all time.. BIOGRAPHY OF ARISTOTLE. QUICK FACTS. NAME : Aristotle. OCCUPATION: Philosopher. BIRTH . DATE : c. . 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 . 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 Aristotle’s Function Argument. To be good is to function well.. The function of something is whatever distinguishes it from other things. . Humans are distinguished from other things by our ability to act rationally.. Week Five: Aristotle. Aristotle. Quick Recap of Kant. Motive of duty and the Categorical Imperative. Axe-wielding maniac. Optimistic about human capacity. ‘Inhuman’/’cold’. Aristotle. Mill and Kant – Action based ethics. 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. 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.. Erick Messias, MD, MPH, PhD. Arkansas VP/Medical Director. Beacon Health Options. erick@empsychiatry.com. Plato. (427-347 BC). Studied under Socrates. Founded the Academy. Tutored Aristotle. Aristotle. Good life Final end Rational. . Function Flourishing . . Eudaimonia. Virtues Doctrine of the mean Vices . 1. What are the vices for each of the following virtues? . Recap – The Virtues.