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Team Members:
 Samantha Nirschl
 Dave Opperman
 Ryan Tess-Wanat
 Adam Bokelman
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Moral Goodness
Attitudes or Character traits
Thoughtful reflection on what kind
of person we have the potential to
become
Virtues are like habits, once acquired
become characteristics
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Honesty
Compassion
Generosity
Integrity
Self-control
Trustworthiness
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Aristotle –(384 BC – 322 BC)
Philippa Foot –(1920-present)
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Was a Greek
Philosopher
Student Of Plato
Father of Virtue
Ethics
First to really stress
the importance of
having virtues
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Identified that virtue is
related to the proper
function of a thing.
In order for us to
function properly we
need a virtuous happy
self character
Once a virtuous person
Later develop wisdom
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British Philosopher
Founder of modern
virtue ethics
Wrote a collection of
papers called “virtues
and vices” (1978)
Was responsible for
influencing Oxford
philosophers
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Modernized Aristotle's ethical theories and
showed it was adaptable to a new
contemporary view
Wrote “Natural Goodness” in 2001
Denys a fact/value distinction and found room
for a sophisticated kind of ethical naturalism.
Ethical Naturalism is a version of an
Aristotelian ethic in which the nature of human
beings is itself a determinant of their good.
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Different cultures will have different
virtues.
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Ex: Greeks have more pride where as
Christian monks have more humility
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Some critics say it goes beyond
moral views and focuses more on
our actions.
Not what should I do, but what kind
of person should I be?
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Ex: Running a marathon takes
training and practice, so does our
virtues.
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You are driving to work and see a
person collapse on the sidewalk
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What do you do?
Stop and help
Drive by ignoring the person
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You stopped and helped, being a
Good Samaritan
Consequences for stopping
You are late for work and are
disciplined with 3 days off without
pay
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You drive by
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Consequences for not stopping?
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Later you find out the person died
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If you would have stopped you may
have saved that persons life!
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You find out that the collapsed
person was the spouse of the person
that works next to you!
What do you tell that person?
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What (kind of thing) is a virtue?
Who founded the theory of
virtue ethics?
How do Virtues differ from
Morals?