virtue ethics

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where does virtue ethics comes from?

from aristotle

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what does virtue ethics look at?

looks at character of a person, it moves away from rights and duties to consider the people performing the actions

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what is the golden mean?

find the middle ground between the extremes

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what are 4 concerns of virtue ethics?

  1. doesnt provide concrete instructions on what to do

  2. focus is on virutous person being virtuous, not oucomes or how it impacts others

  3. not all acts/characteristics should be done in moderation (e.g. dont ever kill, kill all the time- so kill sometimes?)

  4. judgmental - what does count as courage?