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Virtue Ethics LO: To introduce Virtue Ethics and examine Aristotle’s influence. C – I can explain how culture characterises virtue . B – I can compare Aristotle’s two types of virtue. A – I can analyse the role of the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. Key Words Eudaimonia Arete Virtue Vices Moral Virtues Intellectual Virtue A – I can analyse the role of the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. NEW Golden Mean Phronesis Sophron Enkrates Akrates TASK: Draw a picture to represent and define on mini-whiteboards LO: To introduce Virtue Ethics and examine Aristotle’s influence. A – I can analyse the role of the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. The Golden Mean The doctrine of the mean For Aristotle, virtue is to be found in the Golden Mean, which involves finding the balance between two means. We can become ‘good’ by finding the middle point between two extremes: excess and deficiency. What are Cardinal virtues and Capital vices? TASK: Stick the Moral Virtue Cards on the white board. Work together to decide the vice of excess and deficiency for each virtue. Vice of Excess Virtuous mean Vice of Deficiency Rashness Courage Cowardice NEXT STEP: Copy the final decisions into your revision booklet. LO: To examine the principles of Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. The Golden Mean The doctrine of the mean What type of person are you? A – I can analyse the role of the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean produces three types of person: 1. The sophron – naturally lives in the mean without effort. 2. The enkrates – tempted but has strong enough will power to live in the mean. 3. The akrates – (a person without will or weak-willed person) Cannot live in the mean by overcoming temptation. The mean is not the same for everyone. It depends on circumstance. You must apply PHRONESIS to decide on the right course of action. Phronesis is necessary as we grow up and move away from rules and the demands of authority figures. We become more autonomous and require a personcentred, virtue-centred morality. LO: To introduce Virtue Ethics and examine Aristotle’s influence. Can I be a virtuous person? A – I can analyse the role of the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. YES! We are all capable of being virtuous and need to get into the habit of acting virtuously from childhood so that we enjoy being virtuous. HOWEVER, only a few will achieve this and these are the gentleman philosophers. How can we relativise this to today’s society? Today we could say this depends on social factors: where we’re raised, our environment and our education. LO: To introduce Virtue Ethics and examine Aristotle’s influence. Consider this . . . A – I can analyse the role of the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics. You can use eighty soldiers as a decoy in war, and thereby attack an enemy force and kill several hundred enemy soldiers. • Is this virtuous act? Explain your point of view. • What might a utilitarian argue? LO1:To introduce Virtue Ethics and examine Aristotle’s influence. Discuss How useful do you think Virtue Ethics would be in making decisions? How would you apply it in life? LO1:To introduce Virtue Ethics and examine Aristotle’s influence.
