PHL383H1 Lecture Notes - Virtue Ethics, Good Music, Habituation
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Virtues must be independent of the actions that express them. In the case of human virtues, they are associated with some kinds of reasons for actions. Association might be hard to specify, but in fully human virtues we should expect that these capacities are not automatic, but informed by a grasp of the situation. What"s right to do is determined on reflection of what is good. You could have a capacity of disposition that is aimed at some good and expressed in actions, actions done for the right reasons, done with a grasp of the situation. What is right and good depends on the situation. If you are virtuous you tend to produce good results, maybe not always, but overwhelmingly you should get good results. More or less standard account of virtue ethics and where virtue figures in. These 2 authors have full commitment to virtue ethics.
