Virtue Ethics

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This week's reading really clarified something that I think I overlooked as I did last week's reading on consequentialist. As I stated in my last reflection paper I really agreed with some of the points the textbook mention about Kant’s ethics. Although I agreed with some of those points I did not agree with all of them. I like the idea of naturally knowing what the right things is and naturally doing it not because someone told you once that you should do it, but simply because you just feel like it is the right thing to do. For example, there was a scenario in the reading about a woman named Helen who was a practitioner of virtue ethics. Basically, she witnessed someone lie and she instantly knew that he was a liar, not because she follows …show more content…

As I started to read the section this week on Virtue Ethics and reading about who modern virtue ethicists trace their theoretical roots too. I learned that there are also points that Aristotle made that I agree with. Stated in our text was “[Aristotle] says the moral life consist not in following rules that stipulate right actions, but in striving to be a particular kind of person- a virtuous person whose actions stem naturally from virtuous character” (136). I agree with this statement so much, but I also disagree with it a little. I think that for some people being good and doing the right thing might not be all so natural to them or they have gotten to a point in their life where they are unable to tell right from wrong. I think people get to this point by the environment they are around or even raised in. If you are told your whole life that a certain way to act or do something is right then that is what you do and how you act, so your action or the virtues that Aristotle called are moral virtues. Therefore, the virtues, like fairness, honesty, and loyalty, that Aristotle believed was embedded in the character traits of all of us could be

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