Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics

• Fletcher

• Aquinas

• Aristotle

• Hick

Virtue Ethics

• Based on nothing

• Based on character

• Based on acts

• Based on laws

Virtue Ethics

• Deontological

• Teleological

Virtues are developed...

• During childhood

• In the womb

• Towards the end of life

• Over a lifetime

Aristotle's Virtue Ethics was geared towards the poorer end of society.

• True

• False

Virtue ethics is holistic.

• True

• False

The end goal for humans is...

• Eudaimonia

• The beatific vision

• Fun and pleasure

• Wealth

Aristotle's Function Argument shows that the purpose of humans is to...

• Watch Mc Bang

• Reason

• Eat

• Play the piano

The highest virtue.

• Happiness

• Wealth

• Status

• Power

Contemplation is the greatest thing that humans can do because we contemplate the divine.

• True

• False