Lectures -6-7

Imagine two brothers. They both have banana milk from the store. But one of the brothers is mean, so he takes the milk from his brother and throws it away. But that banana milk was in fact spoilt, so he actually saved his brother’s life. A consequentialist would say that …

•  it was morally right to throw away that banana milk

• it was morally wrong bc he didn't know

Answer explanation

Consequentialist center around consequence.

Still viewing that situation. And a virtue ethicist would say …

• As a brother, he was mean, so not morally right

• He did it out of love and care, so morally right

• He saved brother's life, so virtuous and morally right

Answer explanation

Because virtue ethicists center around character

Modern Ethics is more…

• Like a set of rules

• Black and white

• Categorical

• Like a range, extending as far as you go

Answer explanation

that's how we view the world now, agree/disagree?

Ancient Ethics is like …

• a marathon

• a Mario game

• cooking

• knitting

Answer explanation

Aristotlel said: you get to the wisdom of an activity as you go into it. life is also an activity, you learn how to live and the sense of right and wrong as you get older.

Name the criteria for virtuous actions in Ancient Ethics:

•  you have to live long enough

• you have to do something for 10 000 hours

• there’s no criteria

• you can never be really virtuous

Answer explanation

no criteria. like you don't know how it should look like, but you just know it when you see it.

Do we at least have questions to make a virtuous judgement?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

There's two, because we need the judgement to be objective.

1) Does an action lead to a good internal to the activity?

2) Has the expert or skilled person correctly identified this action on the basis of their understanding of the activity?

(L6)

Which is more correct?

• Virtuous personality

• Virtuous character

Answer explanation

terms matter

Suppose Virtue ethics is a building constructed from several concepts. Then what will be the foundation or fundament of this building?

• Character 

• Right action

• Excellence

• Personality

Which of the actions below can be called a virtuous action, according to the criterion of virtuous action?

• A rap musician releasing random original song that went viral

• a cook making a delicious dish by accident

• a student answering the question correctly by calling a random number

• an experienced politician making a good political decision

According to the Week 6 lecture material, what is the fundamental moral concept in Modern ethics?

• Character

• Right action

• Obligation

• Excellence