Flashcards
Virture Ethics - Aristotle
Cards in this deck (15)
- 1Four Causes1) Material
2) Efficient
3) Formal
4) Final - 2Work containing Virtue EthicsNicomachean Ethics
(340 BC) - 3Aristotle Founding VE IdealConcerned with the ethical character of a person
- 4According to Aristotle what is the final human purposeEudaimonia
(Human Flourishing)
-Once achieved will act completeley morrally by choice. - 5When do we know something is 'good'When it has fullfilled its final purpose
- 6Two Types Of Virtues1) Intellectual-gained through education
2) Moral- gained through habit and practice - 7How is Eudaimonia achieved? (Man is a political and social animal)- Practice
- Education (parents?)
- Acting Virtuously
Analogy Of the Archer and Target
Goal, practice - 89 Intellectual Virtues (All men by nature desire knowledge)5 Primary
1) Scientific Knowledge
2) Art
3) Intelligence
4) Wisdom
5) Prudence
4 Secondary
1) Cleverness
2) Understanding
3) Resourcefulness
4)Judgement - 9Moral Virtues Doctrine of the MeanCowardice - Courage - Rashness
Want of Ambition - Right Ambition - Over Ambition
(DOM) - Middle Way
Vice of Excess/Defficiency - 10Doctrine of the Mean- Flexable
- recognises that the middle way alters according to each situation - 11Not everyone is virtuous?Virtuous People
(no moral dilema)
Continent People
(Virtuous most of the time - Overcome moral dilema)
Incontient People
(Vicious most of the time when forced with moral conflict)
Vicious People
(Do not attempt to act virtuously) - 12Who can be virtuous?Everyone, but it takes some more practice than others.
- 13Three Types of PeoplePhilosopher
(duty to guide others - rational)
Politician
(Teacher of Hedonist)
Hedonist
(Benthom)
(Act on emotion and feeling) - 14Logical SyllogismMajor Premise
(General Truth)
Minor Premise
(Particular Truth)
Conclusion - 15Practical SyllogismPractical Syllogism cannot be completed without both MORAL VIRTUE and PHRONESIS.
Moral Virtue - appropriate major premise
Phronesis - appropriate course of action
We require both!
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- GCE - A Level Ethics Flashcards on Virture Ethics - Aristotle, created by Tabby Plain on 06/06/2015.
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- Tabby Plain · Jun 2015
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