6/26/2023 0 Comments Macintyre virtue![]() ![]() In this, virtuous people are contrasted not only with vicious people (who reason poorly about what to do and are emotionally attached to the wrong things) and the incontinent (who are tempted by their feelings into doing the wrong thing even though they know what is right), but also the continent (whose emotions tempt them toward doing the wrong thing but whose strength of will lets them do what they know is right). That is, they are dispositions that involve both being able to reason well about what the right thing to do is (see below on phronesis), and also to engage our emotions and feelings correctly.įor example, a generous person can reason well about when to help people, and also helps people with pleasure and without conflict. In ancient Greek and modern eudaimonistic virtue ethics, virtues and vices are complex dispositions that involve both affective and intellectual components. A virtue is a trait that makes its possessor a good person, and a vice is one that makes its possessor a bad person. Virtues are not everyday habits they are character traits, in the sense that they are central to someone’s personality and what they are like as a person. ![]() ![]() Similarly, a vice is a morally bad disposition involving thinking, feeling, and acting badly. ![]() In virtue ethics, a virtue is a morally good disposition to think, feel, and act well in some domain of life. Main articles: Virtue and Moral character ![]()
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