Virtue Ethics

San Joaquin V exclusivelyey College Different appeales to Virtue By Martin P. Aguayo philosophy 1 C whitethorn 13, 2010 Virtue Ethics The Greeks though of faithfulness as excellence, but the biggest part of cosmos virtuous is being military man. Compassion, integrity and courage ar almost of the virtues that make individual human. Animals do non have a concept of what virtue is, so that makes it on the whole a human act. You n ever depend tools being courteous to distributively other, nor do you see them offer assistance to each other. The only animals that come close to presentation signs of virtue be pack animals.Although, if an animal in the pack betrays the pack thither is no second chances. (dictionary of world philosophy) Consequentialist Approach The Consequentialist determines what is right and wrong with virtue by action. (dictionary of quotations) The 1 and only(a) thing that produces the most undecomposed will always prevail. This is similar to utilita rianism. I do non agree with this so let me give you an vitrine, if the government wants to unsay over a dairy call forth and it would benefit the community at large, they do.The tidy sum that own the dairy p bent are unfortunately the victims and also a trifling risk. In my opinion, because the affected group is so small it does not mean they are insignifi shtupt. Consequentialist is the wrong way to go. In order of battle to be virtuous all about you must care about everyone and everything. Although the with child(p) good was going to benefit, the f laceer does not have to suffer. The government only gives bonny market value for the farm and to legion(predicate) people that is okay. I ask you were you the one doing all the work on this farm?Is there a price that you can place on sen periodnt? In my opinion nothing is more pregnant than family, and if this farm was passed down to me by my incur and his father passed it down to him there is no price worth selling for. Because of the arise Property law this can be done to anyone at any time without notice. One day the property is yours and the adjoining there is a man standing(a) at the door with a escort and a vacancy notice verbalism you have 5 days to desolate the premises. Non-Consequentialist TheoryI do not agree with this approach either non-consequentialists deliberate that if something must be done, it must be done no matter what the price. This mixture of thought is destructive it places irrational view into peoples minds. If this tolerant of thinking were allowed at all times there would be complete chaos. For example I will use the massive oil spill of the Gulf of Mexico as an example. redress now we are in a time of great need, our country and umteen like it are consumed with the thirst for oil. regrettably our great thirst is not quenched.We cannot cash in ones chips off of the oil that we drill on land alone. So we justify cut of shore by saying that we cannot sustain without it, and as soon as some kind of oil spill go alongs all of a sudden there is no one to unsaved. The people want to blame the company that drilled into the oceans floor, but completely forget the people who voted for the drilling. With non-consequentialism there are no consequences for our actions, no one to regularize us that we are doing a great injustice to ourselves and our land. (ethics and morality)The only time that I would ever agree with this type of conjecture is when there is a child involved. For example if my child was abducted or in and kind of danger I would do everything in my power to get him back into expert and loving arm. The consequences are insignificant at this point. The only thing that matters if that my little boy is safe and sound. If I go to slammer for severely hurting someone, so be it. at that place is a love mingled with a child and a resurrect that nothing can ever correspond to. I love my son so much that I would give an arm for h im, and not the expression I would literally give an arm for him.If we allow anything to happen to our children what will we have left? There would be no legacy of the human race there would neither account of our past nor any joy. Without a doubt, this would be the only way that I would ever agree with the non-consequentialism. Contractarianist Theory This is the theory that I tend to lean towards and it is the one that the sustain talks about the least if at all. This theory states nothing that causes scathe is to be ever implemented. I know that it is a little extreme but it is the one that I like.It is kind of the theory privy world peace, if there was no harm would there be chaos in this world, I think not. References virtue. (2001). In dictionary of World Philosophy. Retrieved from http//www. credoreference. com/ initiation/routwp/virtue Virtue. (1998). In Collins Concise Dictionary of Quotations. 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