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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?