PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Virtue Ethics, Rationality, Promiscuity

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27 Apr 2013
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Eudemonia: aristotle: happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with complete or perfect virtue. Teleological: the view that everything has a design or purpose: varies when there are different goals. Entelechy: the principle that reveals that all events occur according to natural design: all elements of the universe embody a distinctive essence or potential, the purpose of which is to achieve full expression. Deontological duty: theory of ethics based on what your obligations are; obligations defined in various ways. Two kinds of virtues (aristotle: intellectual. Wisdom, knowledge, strategy, rationality, cognitive intelligence, clarity of understanding: moral. Justice, temperance, courage, compassionate, generous, friendly, truthful: moral states are the result of activities corresponding to the moral states themselves. , rationality in a particular amount babies not capable of being morally virtuous; children can potentially be. Never too late to become virtuous: the right thing to do is to do what a virtuous person would do.

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