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Virtue Ethics PPT Lecture

Aristotle's virtue ethics focuses on achieving eudaimonia (happiness or flourishing) through finding one's telos (purpose) and exercising virtue. According to Aristotle, everything has an ergon or proper function. Practicing virtues like wisdom, courage, temperance and justice through habit allows one to perform their ergon well and achieve eudaimonia. In contrast to Plato's view of forms, Aristotle believed goodness is found through properly fulfilling one's role in the material world.

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Virtue Ethics PPT Lecture

Aristotle's virtue ethics focuses on achieving eudaimonia (happiness or flourishing) through finding one's telos (purpose) and exercising virtue. According to Aristotle, everything has an ergon or proper function. Practicing virtues like wisdom, courage, temperance and justice through habit allows one to perform their ergon well and achieve eudaimonia. In contrast to Plato's view of forms, Aristotle believed goodness is found through properly fulfilling one's role in the material world.

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Virtue

Ethics
Aristotle’s is a
student of Plato

However, he founded the


school of Lyceum

Nicomachean Ethics
Metaphysics De Generatione et
Corruptione De Anima, Organon,
Plato’s idea of the Good
Plato divided the world into two
realms
a) The realm of forms/eidos/
b) The realm of matter
Everything here is the truth/real/perfect
Realm of
Forms/eidos

Everything you sense here is just a copy of


Realm of Matter
what are in the realm of forms
Everything here is the truth
Realm of
Forms/eidos What is something real/perfect must not change

Everything you sense here is just a copy of


Realm of Matter
what are in the realm of forms
Everything here is the truth/real/perfect
Realm of
Forms/eidos
What is something real/perfect must not change

Everything you sense here is just a copy of


Realm of Matter
what are in the realm of forms

Change
Plato’s realm of matter
What does it implies, in ethics?
1. Goodness here in the realm of matter is
imperfect because it changes, One time it is
good and another it is bad.
Plato’s realm of eidos/forms
What does it implies, in ethics?
1. Goodness here in the realm of forms is
perfect because it never changed. It is
permanent.

What now? If in this realm, good are all perfect,


how do I do good?
Plato’s realm of eidos/forms

If you want to do the Good,


you must first know the
Good
Education
Aristotle
Everything here is the truth/real/perfect
Realm of
Forms/eidos
What is something real/perfect must not change

Everything you sense here is just a copy of


Realm of Matter
what are in the realm of forms

Change
Aristotle
How to be good?
1. Telos/purpose
2. Eudamonia/happiness
3. Ergon/proper function
4. Arete/virtue
5. Mesotes/Mean
How to be good?
Telos Ergon Mesotes
Everything Proper Middle-
function- one hitting the
here on earth balance.
has a Eudaimonia is doing what Virtues
purpose. Happiness – he/she Wisdom,
this is supposed to Courage,
do temperance,
something justice
final and self- It is constitutive
sufficient to be able to
perform ones
proper function
well/happiness
Eudaimonia
Telos

Ergon Virtue(s)= Wisdom,


Courage
Reason Temperance
Justice

Mesotes
Eudaimonia
Telos

Ergon Virtue(s)= Wisdom,


Courage
Reason Temperance
Justice

Mesotes
Telos Eudaimonia
Virtue(s)= Wisdom,
Courage
Temperance
Justice

Ergon Teach Teach, well

Teacher
Telos Eudaimonia
Virtue(s)= Wisdom,
Courage
Temperance
Justice

Ergon Teach Teach, well

Habit/practice it
Teacher

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