Might have known it. What we have is a renaming of a subdivision of
teleological ethics with /eudaimonia/ as the value prized. I'm reminded
of a statement by a sociological colleague who noted that there were many
of his discipline who were actively publishing the same-old-same-old
using different terminology in the hope that they would reap an
evanescent glory by having someone cite their label. As far as that goes,
the anti-ethic I noted, based on the intensity of feeling, is an
axiological type with the value elevated to supremacy being emotion,
which is purely subjective.
What is a virtuous life but the constant practice of proper actions,
whether these are determined by duty or by value? If my memory serves, it
was in such a connection that Aristotle noted that one swallow does not
make a summer. So it is necessary to determine the basis of ethical
behavior before trying to make it habitual. Aristotle based much on the
three convertibles, truth, beauty, good. These are clearly values. The
nine versions George cites also fit the traditional classification,
although there may be su=ome ambiguity of emphasis in some.
Dave
On Sat, 13 May 2006 09:06:09 -0400 "David Opderbeck"
<dopderbeck@gmail.com> writes:
Dave -- Virtue Ethics is a third option besides deontology and
consequentialism (a form of teleological ethics). Virtue Ethics go back
to Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics and are prominent in thought of Thomas
Acquinas. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue_ethics One of
the leading modern works on Virtue Ethics is Alisdair MacIntyre's "After
Virtue." I'm finding the notion of virtue ethics attractive because it
seems to give a proper place to both deontology and consequentialism:
the development of virtues or character in people and communities. This
seems consistent with a wholistic view of Biblical ethics, which aren't
sets of rules for their own sake, but are part of God's plan to bring us
and all of creation into shalom -- everything right, good, as it should
be.
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