virtue ethics

Question 1

what’s virtue ethics interested in

Answer 1

agent-centred ethics, concerning with developments of characteristics in the moral agent/actor

Question 2

‘the good’ according to virtue ethicists - what we are aiming for

Answer 2

Eudaimonia (according to Aristotle) - our telos/goal

Question 3

the function argument

Answer 3

humans must have a function, as everything else in the universe. our unique aspect is our ability to rationalise therefore our function must involve thinking and acting rationally

Question 4

the relationship between function and virtues

Answer 4

if we are living rationally, we will be exercising virtues in accordance with reason as being virtuous is simply fulfilling your function well