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Is Ethics Based on Character?: Character-based Ethics
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Is Ethics Based on Character?: Character-based Ethics

Until recent decades modern ethics was dominated by two approaches that focus on action. The movement that focuses on character rather than action has come to be known as virtue ethics. Looking at ethics in terms of who you are and how your life is ...

Is Ethics Based on Character?: Using Virtue Ethics in Complex Situations
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Is Ethics Based on Character?: Using Virtue Ethics in Complex Situations

In contrast to utilitarianism and Kantianism, virtue ethics is helpful in making sound judgments in complex situations. The virtue at work here is what Aristotle calls phronesis-- practical intelligence or wisdom. You learn for yourself why it is im...

What is Human Nature?: Critics of Greek and Christian Views of Human Nature
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What is Human Nature?: Critics of Greek and Christian Views of Human Nature

Greek and Christian ideas of human nature have posed problems. Feminists point out that women are seen as creatures of emotion or symbols of temptations of the flesh because of these historical perceptions. Other critics point out that people in pow...