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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi
The Search for Ethical Values
Virtue Ethics

Essays





1

Contrast the ethics of conduct with virtue ethics.
2

Summarize the problems that a virtue ethicist would find with utilitarianism and Kantianism.
3

Explore several key reasons one might give for insisting on the importance of virtue ethics.
4

Explain how Aristotle connects the notions of eudaimonia (happiness), our human function, and virtue.
5

Discuss Aristotle's account of how we acquire moral virtues and his doctrine of the mean.








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