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Single Idea 20214
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
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Full Idea
A pure virtue theory can have as many rules as you like as long as they are understood as grounded in the virtuous motivations and understanding of the nonmoral facts that virtuous agents possess.
Gist of Idea
Virtue theory can have lots of rules, as long as they are grounded in virtues and in facts
Source
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (Virtues of the Mind [1996], II 6.1)
Book Ref
Zagzebski,Linda: 'Virtues of the Mind' [CUP 1996], p.238
A Reaction
It is important, I think, to see that a virtue theorist does not have to be a particularist.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[there are no rules, so we must attend to details]:
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4369
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It is not universals we must perceive for virtue, but particulars, seen as intrinsically good
[Aristotle, by Achtenberg]
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5158
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Actions concern particular cases, and rules must fit the cases, not the other way round
[Aristotle]
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5237
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We cannot properly judge by rules, because blame depends on perception of particulars
[Aristotle]
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23362
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All human ills result from failure to apply preconceptions to particular cases
[Epictetus]
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20134
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Moralities extravagantly address themselves to 'all', by falsely generalising
[Nietzsche]
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24109
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Actual morality is more complicated and subtle than theory (which gets paralysed)
[Nietzsche]
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2935
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No two actions are the same
[Nietzsche]
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22475
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Moral generalisation is wrong, because we should evaluate individual acts
[Nietzsche, by Foot]
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9256
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I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do
[Prichard]
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9257
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The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint
[Prichard]
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9262
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The mistake is to think we can prove what can only be seen directly in moral thinking
[Prichard]
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5908
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Prima facie duties rest self-evidently on particular circumstance
[Ross]
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18671
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The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics
[Ewing]
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22343
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If I attend properly I will have no choices
[Murdoch]
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21025
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Particularism gives no guidance for the future
[Nussbaum]
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18664
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Maybe the particularist moral thought of women is better than the impartial public thinking of men
[Kymlicka]
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20214
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Virtue theory can have lots of rules, as long as they are grounded in virtues and in facts
[Zagzebski]
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4336
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Any strict ranking of virtues or rules gets abandoned when faced with particular cases
[Hursthouse]
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