Virtue ethics

• Key Scholar: Aristotle
• The virtuous person has good character traits such as honesty, kindness, and compassion.
• Aristotle believed that it is one thing to know 'the Good', but another thing to act on good
• Definitions

  • Telos - purpose
  • Ergon - function
  • Arête - innate excellence
  • Eudaimonia - goal in life
• The Golden Mean

  The golden mean is situated in between two vices, one of deficiency and one of excess.

  Eg)Deficiency=cowardice. Golden Mean=courage Excess=recklessness
• It is agent-centered : focused on yourself/people