PHIL215 Lecture Notes - Virtue Ethics, Hard Wired, Vagueness
17 Oct 2013
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My own strategy is to look up the top five ethical models and be guided by them: Virtue ethics what would a virtuous person do? (oldest, originated in ancient greece, prominent religious traditions have a prominent virtue ethics component to them) Character, not action, focused: from action to character (a person who lies is deemed as a liar, makes stronger and sweeping claims about someone"s character. Development of good character over time: a virtuous character over your lifetime. Pursuit of ethical excellence, be the best you can be: virtue (excellence of character, strength of character) Happiness/flourishing excellence : flourishing, best kind , of human life has 3 parts, 1) pleasure humans are hard wired for individuals to pursue pleasure. However, we can train ourselves to pursue different kinds of pleasure. What changes, and is plastic, is what gives individuals pleasures. Train yourself to get pleasure out of morally good actions.
