Virtue Ethical Theories: Ethics And Values

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I grew up as an Asian in a western society and both have influenced my ethics, virtues and morals heavily. Growing up in a diverse culture and mix of communities has caused me to stop and think about what I see, hear and experienced all the time. It is very hard to pick out one specific school of ethical philosophy as I have observed that real life is more complicated then rigid rules and thinking, every situation has to be evaluated according to that moment in time and factors in play. Reading all the material I also get a sense that philosophers are still trying to come out with better theories and have yet come to an agreement on which is the best one to describe ethics and virtues of human beings. From all the reading material this week, I picked “Virtue Ethical Theories” as the one I would like to talk about and explore more. Virtue Ethical Theories is divided into three main schools of thought which are: Eudemonism, agent-based theories and the ethics of care (Athanassoulis, n.d.).
Eudaimonism according the reading material comes from the Aristotelian term “Eudaimonia” which loosely means happiness and says that every action is to achieve some good, and thereby resulting in happiness, contentment and fulfillment (Athanassoulis, n.d.). From reading the text I understood …show more content…

and it is the opposite of agent-focused which are set virtues that people realized that they should have to be a virtuous person like in Eudaimonism (Athanassoulis, n.d.). I find this theory very interesting, because something like manners have to be taught to children and be encouraged in the beginning, but I do believe that there is a point where the child realizes it is good to be well mannered and not needing praise to continue on doing it, so I guess this an perfect example of agent-based

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