Virtue Ethics Final

VIRTUE ETHICS:
Emphasizing the role of character and virtue in

moral philosophy rather than either following a
system or acting in order to bring about good
consequences.
SUBTOPICS:
➔ Origin of Virtue Ethics
➔ Advocate Philosophers
➔ Ethical Framework of Virtue Ethics
➔ Realistic Application
Origin of Virtue Ethics
It is a philosophy developed by (mainly)
Aristotle and other scholars of ancient Greece.
Also referred to as the aretaic ethics which

came from the Greek word arete which translates as
“excellence” or “virtue”.
ARISTOTLE:
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is not an act
but a habit.
PLATO:
Virtue is the desire of
things honorable and the
power of attaining them.
FOUNDING FATHERS OF VIRTUE ETHICS
VIRTUE ETHICISTS AND THEORISTS
IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA
ETHICAL
FRAMEWORK
➔ It is described as the quest to understand and live a
life of moral character by following no definite set of
rules and principles.
➔ This character-based approach to morality assumes that we
acquire virtue through practice. By practicing being
honest, brave, just, generous, and so on, a person
develops an honorable and moral character. According to
Aristotle, by honing virtuous habits, people will likely
make the right choice when faced with ethical challenges.
➔ Character is the key to the moral life, for it is from a
virtuous character that a moral conduct and values
naturally arise.
WHAT IS VIRTUE?
● Honesty, courage, compassion, generosity,
fidelity, integrity, fairness, self-control, and
prudence are all examples of virtues.
● Virtues are engrained/habitual dispositions to
act by standards of excellence. Specifically, a
virtue is a positive trait that makes its
possessor a good human being.
● The golden mean between the excess and
deficiency.
ARISTOTLE’S LIST OF MORAL VIRTUES
If we are to follow
Aristotle’s principle,
virtue in itself alone
is not being ethical.
Being virtuous is
HOW TO BECOME A
balancing between two VIRTUOUS MAN:
extremes; deficiency
and excess. Not being ● Doing the right thing, on the right
too much or too less of amount, at the right time, in the
anything. right way towards the right people.
● Practical wisdom and virtue should
coexist.
ROSALIND:
HURSTHOUSE
A virtue such as honesty or generosity is not just

a tendency to do what is honest or generous, nor is
it to be helpfully specified as a “desirable” or
“morally valuable” character trait. It is, indeed a
character trait—that is, a disposition which is
well entrenched in its possessor. It is concerned
with many other actions as well, with emotions and
emotional reactions, choices, values, desires,
perceptions, attitudes, interests, expectations and
sensibilities. To possess a virtue is to be a
certain sort of person with a certain complex
mindset.
Why should one
become a good
person?
(motivation of virtue ethics)
N.
EUDAIMONIA
flourishing life, happiness,
blessedness
MAN AND PROPER FUNCTIONING
Humans are considered
animal so we need to
Proper Functioning
grow, be healthy and
entails that something
Virtue theory reflects fertile. However, we are
is good to the extent
the ancient assumption also rational animal and
that it fulfills it’s
that humans have a social animal so our
function, and not to
fixed nature- an function is to reason
the extent that it
essence- and that the out and interact with
doesn’t.
way we flourish is by the society.
adhering to that
nature.
VIRTUOUS MAN
IN ACTION!
(realistic example)
You witness an old woman

getting mugged. As an
aspiring virtuous man, what
would you do?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
A. B. C. D. E.
Face the thief Call the Stay away from Take out your Others:_______
head-on and attention of the scene to phone and ______________
stand up for an authority save yourself record the ______________
the old woman. that can help. from getting scene. ______________
into trouble. ______________
Members:
Brosas, Angel James
Herrera, Joyce
Jaurigue, Julius Gabriel
Natividad, Lester
Tesorio, Ressa Mae
Ventura, Patrick
Zambales, Mabel Roselyn

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VIRTUE ETHICS:

Emphasizing the role of character and virtue in

➔ Ethical Framework of Virtue Ethics

Also referred to as the aretaic ethics which

A virtue such as honesty or generosity is not just

You witness an old woman

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