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What does Virtue ethics focus on?
According to Aristotle and most philosophers, the purpose of ethics is living well. Its central concept is the concept of the good. What is the point of theorizing about the good without becoming...
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How would you describe virtue-ethics?
virtue-ethics is personal character. The ancient Greeks believed it was a mandate from nature itself that the purpose of life for humans was to achieve happiness and fulfillment. The goal of ancient...
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What are virtues?
virtue (moral good)
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What is the foundation of virtue-ethics?
The first are virtueethics theories, founded on the teachings of the three great lights of ancient Greek philosophy--Socrates (c. 469-399 b.c.e.), Plato (427?-347?b.c.e.), and Aristotle (384-322...
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The virtue that is the queen of all virtues?
According to St. Thomas Aquinas, the virtue of Prudence is the queen of all virtues because through its exercise we acquire the moral knowledge necessary to form all other actions into virtues.