Aristotle and virtue ethics

    • Abortion and Virtue Ethics - University of St. Thomas

      Aristotle’s Magnanimity and Nietzsche’s Nobility Athene Noctua: Undergraduate Philosophy Journal Issue No. 3 (Spring 2015) 2 of the practical syllogism, “[f]or virtue makes the target correct, and practical wisdom what furthers it” (1144a7).


    • Virtue and Self-Love in Aristotle's Ethics

      But insofar as Aristotle prefers the virtuous person to the continent person, it is important to recall his distinction between natural virtue and virtue in the strict sense (NE VI, 13). The person of mere natural virtue has proper passions without practical wisdom, and the …


    • Traditional Virtue Ethics | Philosophy and Ethics

      Virtue Ethics I Aristotle argues that eudaimonia should be understood as a state of living life well. I In general, being an excellent involves being good at ful lling the function of . I Therefore, being good at living the human life will involve ful lling the human function. I Everything has a proper function (scissors, horses, manufacturers, sailors, etc.)


    • [PDF File]THE VIRTUE OF ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS

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      Virtue and Self-Love in Aristotle's Ethics II When Irwin and Wiggins talk of adopting and choosing one's ends, they are discussing a matter of great importance, for it is a peculiar feature of human beings that they can plan their activities with reference to their long-term goals and make decisions about the kinds of lives they want to lead.


    • [PDF File]Aristotle’s Magnanimity and Nietzsche’s Nobility

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      The Relationship between Aristotle’s Ethical and Political Discourses (NE x 9) I. Overview of NE x 9 and our Questions In the closing chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (x 9), Aristotle reminds his audience that while his discourse has provided an account of happiness as virtuous activity, and of the contributions to the happy and good life ...


    • [PDF File]The Relationship between Aristotle’s Ethical and Political ...

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      Nicomachean Ethics/5 good judge of that subject, and the man who has received an all-round education is a good judge in general. Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussions start from these and are


    • [PDF File]Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle - Faculty of Social Sciences

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      Aristotle, the founder of virtue ethics, believed that human beings are unique in having a potential they can fulfil by their own efforts. The only way to fulfil this potential, and achieve happiness, he argued, is to acquire the virtues.


    • [PDF File]Virtue Ethics - University of Oxford

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      Aristotle argues that the highest end of humans consists in “activity of the rational part of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue.” “…what sets humanity off from other species, giving us the potential to live a better life, is our capacity to


    • [PDF File]Virtue Ethics - University of Notre Dame

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      THE VIRTUE OF ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS While Aristotle’s account of the happy life continues to receive attention, many of his claims about virtue of character seem so puzzling that modern philosophers have often discarded them, or have reworked them to fi t more familiar theories that do not make virtue of character central.


    • [PDF File]Virtue: Aristotle or Kant? I. The Problem

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      2 Slote.1 Fifty years after “Modern Moral Philosophy” virtue ethicists can reasonably claim a seat at the table in ethical discussions. Until the rise of virtue ethics the dominant paradigms in 20th century normative ethics were utilitarianism and deontological ethics, with the latter showing a …


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