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Macintyre

Abigail Courtness Religious Education (RE) A2 Inglés 48 fichas

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  1. 1What did Macintyre attempt to do?Resurrect thinking about virtue
  2. 2What did he say had happened to modern ethical study?That it had lost its way
  3. 3What book did he write in 1981?'After virtue'
  4. 4What did he say in the book?That we should give serious consideration to Aristotle's virtue theory
  5. 5What kind of ethics did he criticise?Meta ethics
  6. 6What did he say about meta ethics?That it "divorced" people from ethics
  7. 7What ethicist's did he polarise?Those in "ivory towers" debating the meaning of good/bad
  8. 8In what way did he think morality should be thought about?Through a historical approach - suggesting that Hegel was better than Moore and Hare
  9. 9When did he trace ethical reasoning to and from?From ancient Greece to modern times
  10. 10What did he note about Homeric virtues?Small hilltop communities - virtues = strength, courage and friendship
  11. 11What did he note about Athenian virtues?City states - virtues = courage, justice and temperance
  12. 12What did he note about Medieval virtues?Rise of Christianity - virtues = wisdom, faith, hope and charity/love
  13. 13What did he argue about living a virtuous life?That it depended upon getting into the habit of being moral and striving towards being virtuous
  14. 14What can this give life?Actual purpose
  15. 15What are his virtues?Any human quality that will help to achieve a 'good' life
  16. 16What must be underneath the virtues?Good will
  17. 17What must one do in order to be virtuous?Must decide to do virtuous things rather than involuntarily do them
  18. 18When is an act not virtuous?When it is not intended
  19. 1918th Century Englightenment18th Century Enlightenment
  20. 20What did he say 18th century enlightenment see?It saw the destruction of moral conduct
  21. 21What did he say morality was tied up with before the enlightenment?Virtue
  22. 22What did people have before?The telos to become a good person through virtue - acceptance of divine power
  23. 23What was Hume's view of morality after the enlightenment?Morality = simply an expression of emotion or pain
  24. 24What was Kan't view of morality after the enlightenment?Narrow emphasis on reason
  25. 25What was Kierkegaard's view of morality after the enlightenment?Individual choice
  26. 26According to Macintyre what did this leave society with?A moral vacuum
  27. 27What did a moral vacuum develop?Three types of characters
  28. 28What were these three types of characters?-Bureaucratic manager
    -Rich aesthete
    -Therapist
  29. 29Why did he say the therapist was needed?To balance failed aspirations and thwarted hopes that the bureaucratic manager and the rich aesthete cause
  30. 30What does he say the society we have created teaches us?To value others less and ourselves more
  31. 31What do we therefore need within society?Therapists
  32. 32What did Macintyre say we are at a cross roads between?Supreme individualism and community dependent morality (Aristotle)
  33. 33What is supreme individualism?Will power
  34. 34What is community dependent morality?Moral and intellectual virtues
  35. 35What did he believe about this?That the choice is already made up as all communities depend on virtues - otherwise would fail
  36. 36What did Macintyre use in his theory?Internal and external goods
  37. 37What other theory are they used in?Natural Law
  38. 38What is an internal good?It is specific to the activity itself
  39. 39What is an example of an internal good?Giving to charity helps others and creates a sense of satisfaction
  40. 40What is an external good?A good that is not specific to the act
  41. 41What is an example of an external good?By giving to charity your example may convince others to do the same
  42. 42What did Macintyre warn about being virtuous?That it does not prevent you from being open to vices
  43. 43What examples of this does he give?The violinist that can be vicious or a chess player that could be mean spirited
  44. 44What idea did he want to restore about morality?That it should be seen in terms of human purpose
  45. 45What did he say human virtue was dependent upon?Community
  46. 46What did he say about the 'polis'?That it needs to be restrained at a place where people had a specific role within society
  47. 47What does he say this had led to?A 'dislocated self'
  48. 48What is an example of this?Just because a bureaucratic manager is a loving father does not mean that he does not leave his morals at home

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A2 (Virtue Ethics ) Religious Education (RE) Fichas sobre Macintyre , creado por Abigail Courtness el 06/04/2017.
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