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THE VIRTUE THEORY
By: Michael Wittkowske
Nicole Herriges
Danielle Johnson
Nikki Van Riper
THE MEANING OF
VIRTUE
From
the Latin vir, “man” The
original interpretation of
having manly warlike qualities
like courage and martial valor
FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATION
Classical
Greek
Medieval Catholicism
Modern Western View
Eastern Asian Cultural View
CLASSICAL GREEK
MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM
Add
Three Theological Virtues
to the Classical Greek
Faith
Hope
Charity
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
MODERN WESTERN SOCIETY
Self-
Control
Self- Efficacy
Virtues of Regard
EASTERN ASIAN CULTURAL VIEW
 Main
View on Humanity
 Humaneness
 Kindheartedness
 Benevolence
BUDDHISM

“the Buddha” means “the Enlightened One”

Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (fifth
century BCE)
THE DHAMMAPADA
To do no evil
To cultivate good
To purify one’s mind
This is the teaching of the
Buddha
BUDDHIST KEY VIRTUES
Tranquility
 Nonattachment
 Compassion
 Truthful speech and thought “right livelihood”


Finding a way to live that does not
increase your own or others’ suffering;
and nonviolence
TAOISM
Yin-Yang
TAO TE CHING
The founding expression of Taoism
TAOISM (A.K.A. DAOISM)
 “Be
still like the mountain and flow
like a great river” Lao Tse
 Embodies
harmony of opposites
“there would be no love without hate,
no light without dark, no male
without female”
MODERN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
 Hippocratic
Oath (physician’s oath)
 Teacher’s must be supportive and
accurate with their information
 Journalism must remain non-biased
 Truck drivers and Airline Pilots must
remain alert at all times
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDES

Oregon, Washington, and Montana have legalized
physician assisted suicide

Contradicts the Hippocratic Oath
“I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked
for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect”
CRITICISMS
Self-Centeredness
Action-Guiding
Moral
Luck
QUESTIONS
 How
does professional ethics better
our quality of goods and services?
 Is living by a theory of virtues worthy?
 Is the eastern society’s views more
virtuous than our western society’s
view?