A Level - RS - Consequentialist Elements of Virtue Ethics

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  • Aristotle acknowledged that eudemonia will take a lifetime to achieve and therefore one cannot be considered virtuous until they have developed the virtues and allowed them to become habit.
    • Culminating in attaining the supreme happiness.
      • The entire morality on one's life arguably depends on the acquisition of the final goal.
    • Consequential-ist Elements of Virtue Ethics
      • the consequences is the most important  element in the Doctrine of the Mean
        • people need to use reason in order to establish the most virtuous end goal
          • Example - The soldier in war.
            • An action that fails to cultivate the Golden Mean cannot be considered good.
      • Aristotle would agree with Schaller and see virtues as as good in themselves on not mere duties
        • The morality of a person rests on them achieving and cultivating these virtues in their lives and making them habit.
          • The morality of a person rests on them achieving this

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