What are Virtues?: An Introduction to Aristotle's Virtue Ethics

By E. Townsend

Early Greek philosophers rejected the idea that following rules is the fundamental goal of morality. Why follow rules? Do rules help to understand why we should be moral? Or rather, do they turn us into robots who simply stick to the program, so to speak? Rather, they believed that what is truly good is what we all desire. We innately understand, it seems, that goodness is related to happiness.

The virtue ethics approach creates a different foundation for ethics. It asks us to think critically about our own life and how best to live it. Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates meant that we should examine our lives to see if we are living in a way that will lead to the greatest fulfillment. This book is an introduction to the world of virtue ethics. The goal is to live in such a way that we can be the best person we can be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B92R8Q9F
• ISBN13: 9798845836434
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"