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'Posthumous notes', 'On Virtue Ethics' and 'Objections to 'Meditations' (Fifth)'
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
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When it comes to bringing up children, most of us think that the virtues are the best bet [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
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Any strict ranking of virtues or rules gets abandoned when faced with particular cases [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
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Virtue ethics is open to the objection that it fails to show priority among the virtues [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / a. Natural virtue
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Good animals can survive, breed, feel characteristic pleasure and pain, and contribute to the group [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Virtuous people may not be fully clear about their reasons for action [Hursthouse]
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Performing an act simply because it is virtuous is sufficient to be 'morally motivated' or 'dutiful' [Hursthouse]
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If moral motivation is an all-or-nothing sense of duty, how can children act morally? [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / h. Right feelings
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The emotions of sympathy, compassion and love are no guarantee of right action or acting well [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues
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According to virtue ethics, two agents may respond differently, and yet both be right [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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Being unusually virtuous in some areas may entail being less virtuous in others [Hursthouse]
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Maybe in a deeply poisoned character none of their milder character traits could ever be a virtue [Hursthouse]
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We are puzzled by a person who can show an exceptional virtue and also behave very badly [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology
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Deontologists do consider consequences, because they reveal when a rule might apply [Hursthouse]
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'Codifiable' morality give rules for decisions which don't require wisdom [Hursthouse]
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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Preference utilitarianism aims to be completely value-free, or empirical [Hursthouse]
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Deontologists usually accuse utilitarians of oversimplifying hard cases [Hursthouse]
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We are torn between utilitarian and deontological views of lying, depending on the examples [Hursthouse]
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