PPT-Virtue Ethics

Themes in Ethics and Epistemology Shane Ryan sgryansmsedacuk 091013 Topic What is virtue ethics Structure 1 The Motivation for Virtue Ethics 2 Virtue Ethics historical background. 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. 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. Thinking About Character. Lawrence Solum. September 2010. Outline. Two Antinomies. Virtue Ethics. Virtue Jurisprudence. Aretaic Theory of Judging. Rules & Equity. Dissolving the Antinomies. Implications for Judging. 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 . 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 Virtue vs. Impurity. “The moral excellence evident in my life as I consistently do what is right.”. Showing integrity by making good choices in every situation. . Virtues" are attitudes, dispositions, or character traits that enable us to be and to act in ways that develop this potential. They enable us to pursue the ideals we have adopted. Honesty, courage, compassion, generosity, fidelity, integrity, fairness, self-control, and prudence are all examples of virtues.. Figures and diagrams. Expression of emotion. Expression of emotion with no content. Expression of emotion. Expression of emotion with no content. Ethical judgments. Ethical . judgment . that is action-guiding. 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. Student at Plato’s Academy. Tutor to Alexander the Great. Founded his own school later, the Lyceum. Agrees with Plato in some areas; also sharp disagreements. Interested in all areas of inquiry. Pioneered logic as a formal area of study. moral agent. , rather than the . moral . act. . – CHARACTER BASED ETHICS. Deontological and teleological ethicists think that right . behaviour. comes before right character. Virtue theory puts this the other way round – right character comes before right . Morality, Sin, and Virtue OUR FEARLESS SEARCH FOR A MORAL INVENTORY Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. At its core, working Step 4 reflects our willingness to trust the HP of our understanding uncovered with Steps 1, 2, and 3. 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