Virtue Ethics Flashcards by Sarah Parr

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Virtue Ethics

human good

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activity of soul
exhibiting excellences or virtues

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Virtue Ethics

theoretical vs. practical

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theoretical: can be taught
practical: learned through habit

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Virtue Ethics

virtue vs. vice

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a virtue is a mean state laying between two vices

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Virtue Ethics

the virtue mean

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the ideal balance between vices, relative to ourselves

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Virtue Ethics

continence vs. incontinence

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both crave wrong
- continence does the right thing anyway
- incontinence gives in to temptation

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Virtue Ethics

proairesis & phronesis

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proairesis: “before choice”, something chosen before other things
phronesis: “moral wisdom”. determines the best end & how to get there

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