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The Derek Chauvin trial is why virtue ethics don’t work for black people (if you can’t tell, I’m working on a project on ethics).
Let me break this down (and I’m still working my way through this, so feel free to share thoughts).
The Derek Chauvin trial is why virtue ethics don’t work for black people (if you can’t tell, I’m working on a project on ethics).
Let me break this down (and I’m still working my way through this, so feel free to share thoughts).
The prosecution’s closing argument seemed to lodge chauvin’s violence in his character, i.e, he’s not a virtuous man. He’s guilty bc HE—not his job—is evil.
But this isn’t quite right. Stay w/ me.
But this isn’t quite right. Stay w/ me.
according to Aristotle, ethics is about cultivating a virtuous life—by which he means “living and acting well.”
What does it mean to live and act well? It seems to mean that one lives according to those things that are agreed upon as virtuous.
What does it mean to live and act well? It seems to mean that one lives according to those things that are agreed upon as virtuous.
