Philosophies of virtue ethics emphasize

• following rules

• doing the right thing

• developing oneself as a good person

• being the best you can be

Insight or power to see beyond the obvious to inform good judgements

• virtue

• moral wisdom

• ethical principles

• human flourishing

A common theme among virtue ethicists is stressing

the importance of cultivating ethical values in order to increase

• peace in the world

• abundant blessings

• human happiness

• personal upliftment

Knowing how to make ethical

decisions rather than knowing a list of general ethical rules that will not apply to every circumstance is

• virtue

• eudaimonia

• happiness

• ethics

He believed that to understand something we need to

understand its nature and proper function:

• Thomas Aquinas

• Confucius

• Lao Tzu

• Aristotle

Our proper human end, which is best

understood as human flourishing or living well is:

• heaven

• Dao

• eudaimonia

• karma

This means acting in ways that cause your essential human nature to achieve its most excellent form of expression:

• virtuous

• eudaimonia

• human flourishing

• practical wisdom

Practical wisdom that has been derived from learning and is essential for making ethical decisions according to Aristotle:

• wu wei

• phronesis

• Ren

• aretē

The human part that is responsible

for sensing and responding to the environment, including the desires:

• nutritive part

• rational part

• cognitive part

• sensitive and appetitive part

The human component that is responsible for practical and productive intellect:

• sensitive and appetitive part

• rational part

• nutritive part

• virtuous part