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anscombe

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criticises theories for being too focussed on autonomy forgetting that there id a social aspect of morality that binds the community- society is becoming secular, therefore we cannot rely on the idea of reward and punishment and the divine law

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martha nussbaum

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interprets Aristotle’s virtue ethics as absolutes

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MacIntyre

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context is key to understanding everything- virtues change over time, therefor VE was more applicable and practical than other ethical theories. e.g. change in homeric virtues to athenian virtues

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foot

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virtues not just goof for individuals but society- she believed in making the world a better place- founder of Oxfam

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Michael slote

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rather than eudaimonia, humans strive for well being

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ben franklin

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utilitarian virtue theorist and believed the best way to be a utilitarian was the practice of virtues

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MacIntyres three archtypes

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the rich aesthete, bureaucratic manager and therapist–> should aim to be philosophers