PHIL 2135 Study Guide - Final Guide: Virtue Ethics, Whistleblower, Teamwork
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Like how efficiency may be in conflict with environmental concerns: rule-based systems of ethics are questionable, not because they are not useful, but because they are not used. Committed in a way that takes account of all the relevant factors. Objectivity requires self-transcendence- and self-transcendence makes social ethical life possible. Macintyre- relationships take life as dependent on connection, sustained by activities of care, as based on a bond of attachment rather than a contract of agreement . Moriarty- care may require or result in fairness, objectivity, nurturing, rigor, humility, hope, and exploring and/or accepting alternating rhythms: a virtue ethic headlines care and objectivity- thus, should not promote an ideal ethos for engineering profession. By practicing the virtues of care and objectivity. Martin: arguments concerning the personal lives and responsibilities of potential whisteblowers- whistleblowers are people who have obligations to their families as well as to their profession and to the public.
