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Jul 18, 2003 · 1. Preliminaries. 1.1 Virtue. 1.2 Practical Wisdom. 2. Forms of Virtue Ethics. 2.1 Eudaimonist Virtue Ethics. 2.2 Agent-Based and Exemplarist Virtue Ethics. 2.3 Target-Centered Virtue Ethics. 2.4 Platonistic Virtue Ethics. 3. Objections to virtue ethics. 4. Future Directions. Bibliography. Academic Tools. Other Internet Resources. Related Entries.
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May 16, 2024 · Virtue ethics, Approach to ethics that takes the notion of virtue (often conceived as excellence) as fundamental. Virtue ethics is primarily concerned with traits of character that are essential to human flourishing, not with the enumeration of duties. It falls somewhat outside the traditional.
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Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. A virtue ethicist is likely to give you this kind of moral advice: “Act as a virtuous person would act in your situation.”
Virtue ethics is a philosophy developed by Aristotle and other ancient Greeks. It is the quest to understand and live a life of moral character. This character-based approach to morality assumes that we acquire virtue through practice.
Virtue ethics (also aretaic ethics, [a] [1] from Greek ἀρετή [ aretḗ ]) is an approach that treats virtue and character as the primary subjects of ethics, in contrast to other ethical systems that put consequences of voluntary acts, principles or rules of conduct, or obedience to divine authority in the primary role.
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