Aristotle: Virtues are Like Skills Aristotle believes that no one is born virtuous. Virtues are acquired through practice‚ which leads to habit. He feels that if someone did something courageous one time‚ then that person is not virtuous. The person would need to continue making good sound reasonable decisions that leads to courageous acts in order to become virtuous. Aristotle also believes that one must act accordingly in the right manner. For instance‚ if they are striving to be courageous‚ then
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Ethics Week 1 Assignment Choice 2 A married couple‚ both addicted to drugs‚ is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 yrs. old‚ the natural parents‚ rehabilitated from drugs‚ begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them‚ against
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Virtue Theory as applied to Euthenasia Many people see humans as having an inherent purpose on this planet. That we are all significant individuals part of a larger system. Within this concept‚ several philosophers have tried to determine HOW we should act‚ and which decisions we SHOULD make. According to Utilitarianism and Kantianism there are guidelines and rules we should follow in order to make a morally correct decision. Virtue Theory goes a little further than that‚ while still remaining
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Out of the three theories that we looked at the second half of the semester‚ utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ and virtue‚ I think the virtue theory is the most accurate of them all. The theory says a person is determined good or bad based on their character. I think that is most accurate because if a person is constantly acting badly‚ then they would be considered a bad person. If a person is constantly acting good‚ then they will be considered a good person. Looking at the other two theories‚ utilitarianism
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to protect the company from a law suit I thought it was best to let him go as well. It was more important for me to think of what would be best for the company as a whole using Utilitarian ethics which focuses on the greater good for the greatest number of people in the company as well as Consequentialist Ethics which focuses on the consequences of a decision or action. I had to think about how other employee’s would react if this situation was taken lightly‚ as
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Ethics Essay Tyleen Wilson ETHICS/316 November 18‚ 2012 Geoffrey Morrissey The purpose of this paper is to compare the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. The differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality including a personal experience to help explain the relationship between virtue‚ values‚ and moral concepts as they relate to one of the three theories. A personal experience would be my character results
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Stewart Martin 08/06/2012 Aristotle’s Ethics According to Aristotle happiness is the highest or self-sufficient good. Happiness is the end toward which all other ends are directed. Happiness is attained by living a virtuous life. Moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency. Virtuous acts require conscious choice. Moral virtue requires moral action in a social environment. The term “happiness” as used by Aristotle is “eudaemonia ” and can be translated
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Ethics Essay ETH/316 February 24‚ 2014 Sondra Jones Ethics Essay What exactly does it mean when one says that a decision is ethical? The answer to that question depends on that person’s perception of ethics. Ethics is a perception of a situation or culmination of situations‚ decision‚ and resultant factors. To answer the question fully‚ one would have to consider the ethical values of the person. Is the person basing the decision on virtue ethics‚ utilitarianism‚ or a deontological standpoint
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Ethics Essay Name ETH/316 Date Instructors Name Ethics Essay There are three major approaces in normative ethics including virtue ethics‚ deontological ethics‚ and utilitarianism. This paper is going to compare the similarities and differences between virtue theory‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontological ethics. It will include a description of the differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality and it will also discuss an experience to explain the relationship between virtue‚ values
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publication Nicomachean Ethics analyses what moral philosophy entails and how being morally responsible affects one’s virtues and perception of happiness. He notes that in every activity one undertakes the ultimate goal is to achieve an end to it in form of happiness/being happy. Every individual item has its own use‚ for humans for instance‚ ultimate good can only be achieved once every aspect of his life is well functioning in accordance to one’s nature (Aristotle‚ ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ 2004). A
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