It would seem there's a level of abstraction you simply cannot handle, — tim wood
Great. There are rules. I suppose this is where you direction fit comes into play. Historically an is rather than an ought. But no conclusions, even tentative or contingent, to be drawn from a succession of ises? What is guidance? What guides? Ethics have anything to do with guidance? Or is ethics just the retroactive look that affirms the is?I think I've mentioned before that there are ways of implementing rules that are not found in setting them out but in enacting them. Indeed, it is not being able to state the rule, but what one does that shows that one is following the rule. — Banno
What is guidance? What guides? Ethics have anything to do with guidance? Or is ethics just the retroactive look that affirms the is? — tim wood
Oh, I think Nussbaum's upper middle class status is helping her thrive, not virtue ethics. — baker
...cunning... — baker
Thriving possibly requires different standards of ethics, depending on one's current socioeconomic status. — baker
I have worked a lot with people experiencing homelessness and I am often surprised by the level of virtue - generosity, courage and selflessness I see in their behavior. — Tom Storm
Ever heard the saying "Nice girls don't get the corner office"?Thriving possibly requires different standards of ethics, depending on one's current socioeconomic status.
— baker
I think this can be overstated. I have worked a lot with people experiencing homelessness and I am often surprised by the level of virtue - generosity, courage and selflessness I see in their behavior. But you need to know them to know this. This is especially true with Aboriginal people. — Tom Storm
It detracts from how useful her work is for different strata of people. For some, it could be detrimental.None of that detracts from her work. — Banno
But what exactly is the context here?Taken out of context, you can apply anything to anything else. — 180 Proof
It detracts from how useful her work is for different strata of people. For some, it could be detrimental. — baker
Do you think cunning is a virtue? Do you strive to build your cunning? Do you encourage cunning in others?
You choose. What you choose tells us about you. — Banno
Most people consider virtue ethics as an ethical system opposed by consequentialism, deontology, and consequentialism. However, I don't think that that is true, as virtue ethics tries to answer the question "how do we ought to be ?" while consequentialism, deontologism and other views on ethics tries to answer the question "what do we ought to do ?". — Hello Human
virtue ethics tries to answer the question "how do we ought to be ?" — Hello Human
Please explain this sentence, hard to understand. — Jackson
we are to apply what we believe to be our moral standards, apply these principles in our daily life. — Marvin Katz
Sorry for being late to answer. Anyway, it means that virtue ethics tries to tell us how our general personality must be. — Hello Human
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