#💡 #🟢 # virtue ethics ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Oct 30, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[ethics]] Virtue perspective is a middle ground between duty and rights where individuals have the duty to self-actualize and, so, must be granted the rights to do so. Actions are judged based on whether they allow for expression of full potential, which would benefit both the individual and the community. *([note on p.17](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/76RIFAIE?page=17))* - Am I being an exemplary person? *[1]* Virtues include individual and societal attributes and should be connected to the good of a society. *[2]* - Justice was the central virtue for Plato who believed that authority should always serve "as a trustee for the interests of those over whom authority is wielded" *([note on p.18](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/76RIFAIE?page=18))* [[Aristotle]] described ethics as doing good works and living well. *([note on p.17](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/76RIFAIE?page=17))* Development of virtue requires the cultivation of good habits, which occur within a social realm. Ethics involves being a contributing member of the community. *([note on p.17](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/76RIFAIE?page=17))* Principles of virtue ethics: -[[Aristotle's Mean]] - [[Confucius's Golden Mean]] ## Sources *[1]* - [[Ethical Theories - Plummer 2017]] *[2]* - [[Introduction Ethical Perspectives - May 2013]]