virtue ethics

0.0(0)
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/7

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

8 Terms

1
New cards

Supporters of virtue

Epicurus

2
New cards

Virtues

those strengths or excellences of character that promote human flourishing.

We must act always for the sake of duty.  We must use our reason to recognize and follow the good will.  The categorical imperative guides us to follow the maxim that we can will that it should be a universal law

3
New cards

Father of the ethics of virtue

Aristotle

4
New cards

Vices

those weaknesses of character that impede flourishing.

5
New cards

Eudaimonia

can be translated as human happiness, including flourishing and well being.  

6
New cards

Golden Mean

virtue lies in finding the proper balance between the extremes of excess and deficiency.

7
New cards
8
New cards