E5.2 virtue ethics

• virtue ethics: locates moral value not in an action or its consequences but in the agent performing the action; need to develop a virtuous disposition and judge actions in a broader context; knowing how to act entails practical wisdom, involving insight and experience
• Arete - excellence or virtue, realisation of your ergon
• Ergon - function
• Eudaimonia - happiness, human flourishing, the ‘good life’ we are all seeking
• (Golden) mean - Aristotle: the average between extremes; develop the mean to live virtuously
• Phronesis - practical wisdom