VIRTUE

ETHICS
GROUP 2
WHAT IS VIRTUE ETHICS?
WHAT IS VIRTUE ETHICS?

VIRTUE ETHICS IS A PHILOSOPHY

DEVELOPED BY ARISTOTLE AND
OTHER ANCIENT GREEKS.

IT IS ARGUABLY THE OLDEST

ETHICAL THEORY IN THE WORLD.
WHAT IS VIRTUE ETHICS?
VIRTUE
VIRTUEETHICS (OR
ETHICS ISVIRTUE THEORY) IS
A PHILOSOPHY
AN APPROACH
DEVELOPED TO ETHICS THAT
BY ARISTOTLE AND
EMPHASIZES AN INDIVIDUAL’S
OTHER ANCIENT GREEKS.
CHARACTER AS THE KEY ELEMENT OF
ETHICAL THINKING, RATHER THAN
IT IS ARGUABLY THE OLDEST
RULES ABOUT THE ACTS THEMSELVES
ETHICAL THEORY IN THE WORLD.
(DEONTOLOGY) OR THEIR
CONSEQUENCES (CONSEQUENTIALISM).
WHAT IS VIRTUE ETHICS?
 GOOD ACTIONS

GOOD ACTIONS
COURAGE LOYALTY WISDOM

BAD ACTIONS

BAD ACTIONS
COWARDICE TREACHERY IGNORANCE
 GOOD ACTIONS
WISDOM

COURAGE COURAGE
LOYALTY LOYALTY
WISDOM
GOOD ACTIONS
WISDOM

COURAGE LOYALTY

PEOPLE WILL LIKELY MAKE THE

RIGHT CHOICE WHEN FACED
WITH ETHICAL CHALLENGES.
 CENTRAL TO VIRTUE ETHICS IS THE IDEA THAT MORTALITY IS
NOT PERFORMING CERTAIN RIGHT ACTIONS BUT POSSESSING A
CERTAIN CHARACTER
RATHER THAN THE
VIRTUE ETHICS ASKS:
QUESTION:

WHAT KIND OF
WHAT ACTIONS
PERSON SHOULD WE
ARE RIGHT?
BE?
 IN THE NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS,
ARISTOTLE ARGUED THAT ETHICS ENABLES
US TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE AND THAT THE
GOOD LIFE IS POSSIBLE ONLY FOR
ARISTOTLE VIRTUOUS PERSONS.

EXAMPLE:

A PARENT CANNOT EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF PARENTING

WITHOUT ACTUALLY POSSESSING THE TRAITS THAT MAKE ONE A
GOOD PARENT.
A STRENGTH OF VIRTUE ETHICS IS THAT IT FITS WITH OUR EVERYDAY
MORAL EXPERIECE. THE RESPONSE OF MOST PEOPLE TO A COMPLEX
ETHICAL DILEMMA IS NOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW UNIVERSAL
PRINCIPLES CAN BE APPLIED BUT TO DECIDE WHAT THEY FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH OR WHAT A PERSON THEY ADMIRE WOULD DO.
 THE END.

GROUP 2
BSN-1C

ABDULLA, RIMA
SUHUD, FATRIYA
UKING, AIRHEN
MAPILI, PRINCESS
JULPAE, JAN YSHMAEL