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THE VIRTUE THEORY
By: Michael Wittkowske
Nicole Herriges
Danielle Johnson
Nikki Van Riper
THE MEANING OF
VIRTUE
From
the Latin vir, “man” The
original interpretation of
having manly warlike qualities
like courage and martial valor
FOUR MAIN CLASSIFICATION
Classical
Greek
Medieval Catholicism
Modern Western View
Eastern Asian Cultural View
CLASSICAL GREEK
MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM
Add
Three Theological Virtues
to the Classical Greek
Faith
Hope
Charity
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
MODERN WESTERN SOCIETY
Self-
Control
Self- Efficacy
Virtues of Regard
EASTERN ASIAN CULTURAL VIEW
Main
View on Humanity
Humaneness
Kindheartedness
Benevolence
BUDDHISM
“the Buddha” means “the Enlightened One”
Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (fifth
century BCE)
THE DHAMMAPADA
To do no evil
To cultivate good
To purify one’s mind
This is the teaching of the
Buddha
BUDDHIST KEY VIRTUES
Tranquility
Nonattachment
Compassion
Truthful speech and thought “right livelihood”
Finding a way to live that does not
increase your own or others’ suffering;
and nonviolence
TAOISM
Yin-Yang
TAO TE CHING
The founding expression of Taoism
TAOISM (A.K.A. DAOISM)
“Be
still like the mountain and flow
like a great river” Lao Tse
Embodies
harmony of opposites
“there would be no love without hate,
no light without dark, no male
without female”
MODERN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
Hippocratic
Oath (physician’s oath)
Teacher’s must be supportive and
accurate with their information
Journalism must remain non-biased
Truck drivers and Airline Pilots must
remain alert at all times
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDES
Oregon, Washington, and Montana have legalized
physician assisted suicide
Contradicts the Hippocratic Oath
“I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked
for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect”
CRITICISMS
Self-Centeredness
Action-Guiding
Moral
Luck
QUESTIONS
How
does professional ethics better
our quality of goods and services?
Is living by a theory of virtues worthy?
Is the eastern society’s views more
virtuous than our western society’s
view?