Reflection Paper 2: The ethics of Jesus or Aristotle
Successfully demonstrate an understanding of the ideas and issues surrounding the philosophy of virtue ethics.
Read or listen to the required material.
Reflections should be 1.5 to 2 pages typed double-spaced.
You should not just give a report but reflect on the value of material in evaluation or in pushing questions, praises, or objections you have.
Ethical Theories:
What is the highest good (summum bonum)?
What is the general nature of virtue (excellences of human character)?
What are the primary virtues for a person to have in their character?
How are the virtues acquired?
How are humans motivated psychologically?
What are the basic intrinsic goods of human life? (e.g. goods which are valued for their own sake)
What are the external goods at which humans aim?
Are there any unconditioned goods in human life? (An unconditional good is something that is good without any qualification or condition put upon it– it is something that is always good.)
What is the human purpose in the cosmos (if there is any purpose in the cosmos as a whole)?
What method is the proper method to use in attempting to establish proper norms of behavior and character?
What are the difficulties that this theory faces either internally as a theory or with respect to applied ethics?
