Ideas from 'Virtue Ethics: an Introduction' by Richard Taylor [2002], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Virtue Ethics: an Introduction' by Taylor,Richard [Prometheus 2002,1-57392-943-3]].
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory
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Kant and Mill both try to explain right and wrong, without a divine lawgiver
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Morality based on 'forbid', 'permit' and 'require' implies someone who does these things
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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Pleasure can have a location, and be momentary, and come and go - but happiness can't
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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'Eudaimonia' means 'having a good demon', implying supreme good fortune
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue
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To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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The modern idea of obligation seems to have lost the idea of an obligation 'to' something
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God
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The ethics of duty requires a religious framework
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