IN CLASS NOTES FROM THURS 29TH
HOMEWORK FOR THE 6TH-VIRTUE
ETHICS FROM ARISTOTLE AND
NIETZSCHE AND MORAL SKEPTISM

Virtue Ethics-find characteristics of the
ideally good
person vs instead trying to find out what
makes a particular
acts right or wrong

Aristotle-uses words called Virtues
goal of morality=sucessful living
evdaimaria true
happiness human flourishing
Virtue carries certain associations which
has aquired over
the centuries in English we might think of
it as a basically
positive concept

A Virtuuous person=someone you can
trust
Aristotle believes being sucessful =
alterate sucess=a life of contemplation
intellectual
activities he gives reasons for this-
rational animal inatimate object plants
unlike rocks they
grow,animals=below +movement
humans=irrationality
Aristotle was instrumental in founding
sience in
a different sense of the word -concepts of
logic and
observation were combined.
Aristotle-is more about the average things
*evdaimaria on test means sucessful
living
Aristotle is more down to earth

What is a virtue=characteristics or
characteric trait
characteristic trait=disposition to act in
certain ways
behavioral habit
Aristotle believes in moderation,self
control,appreciation,and seeking
pleasure
PROBLEMS WITH ARISTOTLE-
no way to resolve disputes,believes you
just know or pratice
the mean is found by institution and
pratice
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NOTES BY KARI EISCHEN