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Virtue ethics: key terms and ideas
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1Virtue ethics, also known as [blank_start]Aretaic[blank_end] ethics, is an ethical theory that is centred around the belief that to do moral good, is to achieve excellence in your role, this is known as [blank_start]Ergon[blank_end], which is a term used to define a person’s function. [blank_start]Virtue[blank_end] can be defined as moral goodness, a positive or moral quality that someone has.Virtue ethics is a teleological theory, it is based on the outcome of an action. It is relativist, meaning that it is based on the situation and is agent centred, meaning that how virtuous a person is, is not based on their actions but on their character. In the Virtue ethics, a person can only reach their end goal by fulfilling their Ergon, their function. They must also strive to better themselves, the term Arête is used to define this and basically means that a person must do whatever they can to improve how they carry out their function. The end goal is something known as Eudaimonia, which means happiness, the telos to flourish, live well and achieve all goals.
- AAretaic
- BPhronesis
- CEudaimonia
- DTeleological
- EEudaimonia
- FErgon
- GArête
- HSoul
- IPhronesis
- JGolden mean
- KTelos
- LVirtue
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