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Week 4 Discussion [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 3, 4, 5]<

This week our main discussion will focus on explaining and evaluating the theory of virtue ethics as discussed in Chapter 5 of the textbook. Your instructor will be choosing the discussion question and posting it as the first post in the main discussion forum. The requirements for the discussion this week include the following:

You must begin posting by Day 3 (Thursday).

You must post a minimum of four separate posts on at least three separate days (e.g., Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, or Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, or Thursday, Saturday, and Monday, etc.).

The total combined word count for all of your posts, counted together, should be at least 600 words, not including references.

You must answer all the questions in the prompt and show evidence of having read the resources that are required to complete the discussion properly (such as by using quotes, referring to specific points made in the text, etc.

Aristotle on 'Flourishing'

Aristotle says that the virtues are necessary for humans to attain happiness, but he means this in terms of something we might call “flourishing” or “living well”, which he considers quite different than simply feeling good.

Thus, according to Aristotle some people might feel that they are happy, but because they lack the virtues they are not truly flourishing. However, imagine someone that is deceitful, selfish, greedy, self-indulgent, and yet enjoys great pleasure and appears to be quite happy.

Is someone like this “flourishing” or not?

Explain your answer this by referring to this week’s readings and media, and if possible provide examples from real life and/or from literature, film, TV, etc.

Required Resources

Text

Thames, B. (2018). How should one live? An introduction to ethics and moral reasoning (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

Chapter 5: Virtue Ethics: Being a Good Person

5.1: Introduction

5.2: What Is Virtue Ethics?

5.3: Virtues and Moral Reasoning

5.4: The Nicomachean Ethics

5.5: Objections to Virtue Ethics

Conclusion & Summary

Primary Sources: Selections from Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Translated by W. D. Ross

Recommended Resources

Text

Thames, B. (2018). How should one live? An introduction to ethics and moral reasoning (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

Chapter 5: Virtue Ethics: Being a Good Person

Going Deeper: Pleasure and Pain: Aristotle Versus Utilitarianism

Going Deeper: The Situationist Critique

Article

Hursthouse, R., & Pettigrove, G. (2016, December 8). Virtue ethics. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-virtue/

This resource is an excellent overview of virtue ethics, including some of the major criticisms and how virtue ethicists have responded to them. This article may assist you in your Week 4 Discussion and Week 4 Symposium.

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Multimedia

Annas, J. (2014, March 26). Episode 57: Julia Annas discusses virtue ethics (M. Teichman, Interviewer, & D. Jagannathan, Interviewer) [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/elucidations/2014/03/26/episode-57-julia-annas-discusses-virtue-ethics/

A leading classical philosophy scholar and virtue ethicist discusses virtue ethics in an informative and interesting interview. This podcast may assist you in your Week 4 Discussion and Week 4 Symposium.

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