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Ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Virtue Ethics: an Introduction' and 'Protagoras'

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

5076	To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function [Taylor,R]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

188	Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato]

204	Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato]

189	If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

5077	The modern idea of obligation seems to have lost the idea of an obligation 'to' something [Taylor,R]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

5066	If we are made in God's image, pursuit of excellence is replaced by duty to obey God [Taylor,R]

5065	The ethics of duty requires a religious framework [Taylor,R]