Virtue Ethics

Question 1

What types of questions are asked in virtue ethics?

Answer 1

• what is the right thing to do?

- what kind of person do you want to be?

Question 2

Virtue ethics are the ______ and _____ of the person acting.

Answer 2

• characteristics

- motivations

Question 3

Virtue ethics says that the right thing to do is ….

Answer 3

what a good person would do

Question 4

Virtues:

Answer 4

characteristics needed for human flourishing

Question 5

Virtues are displayed in _____.

Answer 5

actions

Question 6

Why is virtue ethics not as clear cut as other frameworks?

Answer 6

nobody has the same outcome

Question 7

Virtue ethics says we should develop a ______ _____ and this will lead us to the right actions.

Answer 7

virtuous character

Question 8

Is honesty a virtue?

Answer 8

• it is a contender/disposition

- an honest person does more than just not cheat (not cheating because of fear of getting caught is not virtuous)

Question 9

Honesty also means:

Answer 9

• you prefer to be with honest people
• you don’t see getting ahead by dishonest means as clever (pity or despise)
• shocked if close friends are dishonest and comment on it

Question 10

Because virtues are ____ _____, they cannot be determined in ___ _______. They are _____.

Answer 10

• multi-tracked
• one situation
• habits

Question 11

No one is _____ _____ all the time.

Answer 11

perfectly virtuous

Question 12

Truly virtuous people act ____ with ___ _____.

Answer 12

• rightly

- no problem

Question 13

Reason 1 for failing to be virtuous:

Answer 13

being virtuous when it costs you is tough

Question 14

Reason 2 for failing to be virtuous:

Answer 14

hard to be honest if I’m a liar

Question 15

People might not be virtuous because they lack ____ ____, and without this they can…

Answer 15

• practical wisdom

- slide into faults

Question 16

Practical wisdom comes with _____, therefore we don’t expect…

Answer 16

• experience

- small kids to be virtuous

Question 17

Practical wisdom is being able to separate the _____ factors in a situation from the lesser ones.

Answer 17

important

Question 18

Virtuous people understand what is truly _____ , truly ______ and thereby truly _____ in life.

Answer 18

• worthwhile
• important
• advantageous

Question 19

Eudaimonia is translated as…

Answer 19

flourishing/happiness

Question 20

Eudaimonia is not…

Answer 20

• happiness commonly understood today

- not a psychological/emotional state

Question 21

Eudaimonia reflects…

Answer 21

living the good life

Question 22

You cannot be wrong about feeling happy, you can be wrong about _____.

Answer 22

eudaimonia

Question 23

The _____ are necessary for Eudaimonia.

Answer 23

virtues

Question 24

Strengths of virtue ethics:

Answer 24

• other frameworks can come out on opposite sides of issues
• can’t fake it
• maybe practical wisdom is necessary

Question 25

Critiques of virtue ethics:

Answer 25

- doesn't provide action-guidance - there are no such things as virtues - cultural relativity - conflict problem (what happens when virtues conflict?) - justification problem (what are virtues and why?)