The Teaching of Happiness in Mainland China: in Light of Aristotle
... comprehensive rather than a “correct” understanding of happiness should be taught to the students. Also, the author suggests that the goal of habituating students to virtuous actions is to cultivate voluntary virtue in students, and the habituation itself should not be the ultimate goal of moral edu ...
... comprehensive rather than a “correct” understanding of happiness should be taught to the students. Also, the author suggests that the goal of habituating students to virtuous actions is to cultivate voluntary virtue in students, and the habituation itself should not be the ultimate goal of moral edu ...
Virtue Ethics - Which Character Traits are Good?
... Victor Hugo, “The Bishop and the Candlesticks” The Bishop Jean Valjean The sister, the servant, the gendarmes & more ...
... Victor Hugo, “The Bishop and the Candlesticks” The Bishop Jean Valjean The sister, the servant, the gendarmes & more ...
Utilitarianism
... that is the criterion of right action. For this reason, we should organise society and raise children in such a way that each person feels that their own happiness is bound up with the happiness of others, that they are made happy by making others happy. 4. Utilitarianism is a godless theory. Reply: ...
... that is the criterion of right action. For this reason, we should organise society and raise children in such a way that each person feels that their own happiness is bound up with the happiness of others, that they are made happy by making others happy. 4. Utilitarianism is a godless theory. Reply: ...
Ethics—The Basics by John Mizzoni
... • Moral excellence—a moral virtue— consists in a mean state. • “By virtue I mean virtue of character… it is concerned with feelings and actions….” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) • “Virtue, then, is a mean, in so far as it aims at what is intermediate.” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) ...
... • Moral excellence—a moral virtue— consists in a mean state. • “By virtue I mean virtue of character… it is concerned with feelings and actions….” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) • “Virtue, then, is a mean, in so far as it aims at what is intermediate.” (Aristotle, 337 BCE) ...
Outline of Virtue Ethics encyclopedia article
... self—e. g., for the good of one’s own country or city-state—was part of virtuous character, but at the same time he held that an individual who lacked such character would be worse off than one who possessed it (even if that meant giving up one’s life for the good of one’s country). So Aristotle is ...
... self—e. g., for the good of one’s own country or city-state—was part of virtuous character, but at the same time he held that an individual who lacked such character would be worse off than one who possessed it (even if that meant giving up one’s life for the good of one’s country). So Aristotle is ...
The goodness of pleasure: Epicurean ethics
... (it is impossible to be happy at one time and unhappy at another) ...
... (it is impossible to be happy at one time and unhappy at another) ...
Jane Addams (1860 – 1935) Founder Hull House social settlement
... “The story it (the Report) tells is first and foremost of appalling suffering of many patients. This was primarily caused by a serious failure on the part of a provider Trust Board. It did not listen sufficiently to its patients and staff or ensure the correction of deficiencies brought to the Trust ...
... “The story it (the Report) tells is first and foremost of appalling suffering of many patients. This was primarily caused by a serious failure on the part of a provider Trust Board. It did not listen sufficiently to its patients and staff or ensure the correction of deficiencies brought to the Trust ...
Aristotle on the Virtue of Phronesis - Inter
... weakness – akrasia – ought to be considered as a component of any attempt at the development of moral consciousness.20 Davidson is one of many who argue that while Aristotle offers no satisfactory analysis of akrasia, Aquinas does.21 Experience, however, shows that many act contrary to the knowledge ...
... weakness – akrasia – ought to be considered as a component of any attempt at the development of moral consciousness.20 Davidson is one of many who argue that while Aristotle offers no satisfactory analysis of akrasia, Aquinas does.21 Experience, however, shows that many act contrary to the knowledge ...
Happiness
... Aristotle had said that the happiness that comes as a by-product of living a virtuous life is the highest good because: 1. Happiness is desired by all. 2. Happiness is self-sufficient: once we have it, we lack nothing of importance. 3. Happiness is final: we desire it only for itself, and not as ...
... Aristotle had said that the happiness that comes as a by-product of living a virtuous life is the highest good because: 1. Happiness is desired by all. 2. Happiness is self-sufficient: once we have it, we lack nothing of importance. 3. Happiness is final: we desire it only for itself, and not as ...
Character or Virtue Ethics
... The Bible contains multiple forms of ethical resources ranging from narrative, to proverb, to command. . . . The nurturing of virtue by means of story in the context of community (the church) is an indispensable part of ethics, but the community also nurtures the moral life through commands, princip ...
... The Bible contains multiple forms of ethical resources ranging from narrative, to proverb, to command. . . . The nurturing of virtue by means of story in the context of community (the church) is an indispensable part of ethics, but the community also nurtures the moral life through commands, princip ...
Archetypes of Wisdom
... If asked what we want from life, happiness is probably the answer most of us would give. The Greek word Aristotle uses is eudaimonia, which implies being really alive, rather than merely existing. Aristotle considers whether pleasure or honor are sufficient for happiness, and finds that something mo ...
... If asked what we want from life, happiness is probably the answer most of us would give. The Greek word Aristotle uses is eudaimonia, which implies being really alive, rather than merely existing. Aristotle considers whether pleasure or honor are sufficient for happiness, and finds that something mo ...
MacIntyre and Anscombe: Two Modern Virtue Ethicists
... failed aspirations and thwarted hopes that the BM and RA would inevitably cause!! The rise in the beauty business in Britain and the number of cosmetics, bath products, and 'spiritual' treatments, which claim to have therapeutic value. The society we have created teaches us to value others less and ...
... failed aspirations and thwarted hopes that the BM and RA would inevitably cause!! The rise in the beauty business in Britain and the number of cosmetics, bath products, and 'spiritual' treatments, which claim to have therapeutic value. The society we have created teaches us to value others less and ...
Virtue Theory and Abortion
... opts for not being a mother […] by opting for an abortion many thereby be manifesting a flawed grasp of what her life should be, and be about.” (601) The good of motherhood may conflict with another worthwhile pursuit, but where it conflicts with either a false, irresponsible, or unrealizable goal ...
... opts for not being a mother […] by opting for an abortion many thereby be manifesting a flawed grasp of what her life should be, and be about.” (601) The good of motherhood may conflict with another worthwhile pursuit, but where it conflicts with either a false, irresponsible, or unrealizable goal ...
Three types of modern virtue ethics
... • Hursthouse looks at the virtues that go with Aristotle’s Golden Mean, e.g. courage rather than foolhardiness or cowardice. • It is these moral virtues (that she calls the X-factor) that she is interested in. • If you, by nature, are virtuous then what you do will be virtuous. If you are bad, you ...
... • Hursthouse looks at the virtues that go with Aristotle’s Golden Mean, e.g. courage rather than foolhardiness or cowardice. • It is these moral virtues (that she calls the X-factor) that she is interested in. • If you, by nature, are virtuous then what you do will be virtuous. If you are bad, you ...
Aristotle Reading Study Guide Phil 240 Introduction to Ethical
... by determining the function of human beings. Just as a good flute player is one who plays the flute well, a good person will be one who fulfills the function of human beings. Aristotle argues that because humans are distinctive from other animals insofar as they are rational, the function of human b ...
... by determining the function of human beings. Just as a good flute player is one who plays the flute well, a good person will be one who fulfills the function of human beings. Aristotle argues that because humans are distinctive from other animals insofar as they are rational, the function of human b ...
Nicomachean Ethics
... – “For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant; e.g. not only is a horse pleasant to the lover of horses, and a spectacle to the lover of sights, but also in the same way just acts are pleasant to the lover of justice and in general virtuous ac ...
... – “For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant; e.g. not only is a horse pleasant to the lover of horses, and a spectacle to the lover of sights, but also in the same way just acts are pleasant to the lover of justice and in general virtuous ac ...
`Virtue ethics lacks a decision-procedure to help us make moral
... These decision-procedures may at times be vague in comparison to a rules-based morality, but this does not make them insignificant. Unlike a moral hypocrite who lives by double standards spouting off moral rules and scripture but doing otherwise, Aristotle is saying that, as an individual, what you ...
... These decision-procedures may at times be vague in comparison to a rules-based morality, but this does not make them insignificant. Unlike a moral hypocrite who lives by double standards spouting off moral rules and scripture but doing otherwise, Aristotle is saying that, as an individual, what you ...
Modern Scholars, Virtuous People and Strengths and Weaknesses
... British Philosopher born 1929He re-examined the work of Aristotle and was really impressed with what he found and really alarmed at the fact this kind of approach to morality had been ignored and overlooked by western philosophy. ...
... British Philosopher born 1929He re-examined the work of Aristotle and was really impressed with what he found and really alarmed at the fact this kind of approach to morality had been ignored and overlooked by western philosophy. ...
Teleological Ethics
... An example will help bring out the essential difference between deontological and teleological ethics. I promise to go to my friend’s party on Saturday night. My friend is rather dull and humourless, and I think the party may be fairly boring. The next day another friend invites me to a rave on the ...
... An example will help bring out the essential difference between deontological and teleological ethics. I promise to go to my friend’s party on Saturday night. My friend is rather dull and humourless, and I think the party may be fairly boring. The next day another friend invites me to a rave on the ...
William Moran Ethics: Virtue Dr. Faulders Character It is often said
... Bible says;”By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right” ( KJV, Proverbs 20:11). The Oxford dictionary defines character as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Simply put the character of a person is how he or she thinks and subsequently how they ac ...
... Bible says;”By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right” ( KJV, Proverbs 20:11). The Oxford dictionary defines character as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. Simply put the character of a person is how he or she thinks and subsequently how they ac ...