keywords

• altruism


  Love of others, as opposed to egoism (love of self).
• anthropocentric


  Human-centred: used, for example, as a criticism of Aristotelian virtue ethics – that it applies human values to everything, so animals do not figure as objects of moral concern for Aristotle.
• eudaimonia


  The idea of justified and deserved lifelong ‘happiness’ and flourishing encompassing all aspects of living including political, emotional, and philosophical.
• mean


  The median – specific virtues lie between two extremes – the excess and deficiency. The mean is relative to the character of each individual.
• temperance


  The virtue of self-control.
• phronimos


  (arete) A disposition – a character trait – which is to be valued, for example, courage, truthfulness, self-control, generosity, friendliness, justice, and so on.
• deontological

  Focused on the rightness or wrongness of an act according to rules, duties, and obligations.