PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nicomachean Ethics, Cardinal Virtues, Virtue Ethics
18 Nov 2016
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Ethics isn"t just about acting but about living. Virtue ethics is person-ethics rather than being rule-oriented. Answer: eudaimonia (flourishing, happiness) a lifelong pursuit. 4 cardinal virtues (plato: justice, temperance, courage, wisdom (highest virtue) Combination of moral virtues and intellectual virtues. Virtues (aristotle: generosity (liberality, patience, magnificence, magnanimity, proper ambition, modesty, veracity, gentleness, frankness, sincerity. Ross: fidelity, reparation, gratitude, justice, beneficence, self-improvement, non-maleficence. Other virtues: compassion, kindness, loyalty, confidence, caring, contentment, dignity, forgiveness, graciousness, honest, honour, pride, hope, humility, integrity, love, moderation, peace, perseverance, respect, responsibility, sincerity, trust, tolerance, thankfulness, truthfulness etc. A condition intermediate between two other states, one involving the vice of excess and the other the vice of deficiency: the golden mean . Morally virtuous feelings and actions are those that avoid the extremes of excess (too much) and deficiency (too little) All virtues are at the midpoint between two extremes, the extreme of deficiency and the extreme of excess: ex.
