Ideas from 'On Virtue Ethics' by Rosalind Hursthouse [1999], by Theme Structure
[found in 'On Virtue Ethics' by Hursthouse,Rosalind [OUP 2001,0-19-924799-4]].
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16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 2. Ethical Self
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The word 'person' is useless in ethics, because what counts as a good or bad self-conscious being?
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
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There may be inverse akrasia, where the agent's action is better than their judgement recommends
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 2. Acting on Beliefs / a. Acting on beliefs
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Must all actions be caused in part by a desire, or can a belief on its own be sufficient?
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
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It is a fantasy that only through the study of philosophy can one become virtuous
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas
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You are not a dishonest person if a tragic dilemma forces you to do something dishonest
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After a moral dilemma is resolved there is still a 'remainder', requiring (say) regret
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Deontologists resolve moral dilemmas by saying the rule conflict is merely apparent
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Involuntary actions performed in tragic dilemmas are bad because they mar a good life
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / d. Good as virtue
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Virtue may be neither sufficient nor necessary for eudaimonia
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
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Teenagers are often quite wise about ideals, but rather stupid about consequences
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
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Animals and plants can 'flourish', but only rational beings can have eudaimonia
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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
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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
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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
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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
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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Performing an act simply because it is virtuous is sufficient to be 'morally motivated' or 'dutiful'
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If moral motivation is an all-or-nothing sense of duty, how can children act morally?
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Virtuous people may not be fully clear about their reasons for action
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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
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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
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / j. Unity of virtue
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Maybe in a deeply poisoned character none of their milder character traits could ever be a virtue
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We are puzzled by a person who can show an exceptional virtue and also behave very badly
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Being unusually virtuous in some areas may entail being less virtuous in others
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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
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'Codifiable' morality give rules for decisions which don't require wisdom
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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
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Deontologists usually accuse utilitarians of oversimplifying hard cases
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Preference utilitarianism aims to be completely value-free, or empirical
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We are torn between utilitarian and deontological views of lying, depending on the examples
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness
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We are distinct from other animals in behaving rationally - pursuing something as good, for reasons
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
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If people are virtuous in obedience to God, would they become wicked if they lost their faith?
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