Ideas from 'The Virtues and Human Nature' by Julia Driver [1996], by Theme Structure

[found in 'How Should One Live? On the Virtues' (ed/tr Crisp,Roger) [OUP 1998,0-19-875234-2]].

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

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Motives produce intentions, which lead to actions

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

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Virtue should be defined by consequences, not by states of mind

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Virtues are character traits or dispositions which produce good consequences for others

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Control of pregnancy and knowledge of paternity have downgraded chastity

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Good intentions are not necessary for virtue

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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If generosity systematically turned recipients into parasites, it wouldn't be a virtue