Moral Development
Love and Friendship
Aristotle's Theory of Virtue
100
Who is Carol Gilligan?
Was a feminist who said that men and women approach ethics differently. She also disagreed with Lawrence Kohlberg.
100
Who was the main philosopher who studied ethics based on love and friendship?
Aristotle
100
What is a virtue?
The ability to habitually respond to circumstances in the right way (ex: Courage, pride, honor)
200
What is character?
combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different from others.
200
What do romantic relationships and friendship look for in each other?
Pleasure - why they quickly become close, then suddenly cease to be.
200
Aristotle's assumption is that all human virtues should be related to ...
happiness - ultimate aim of everything we do
300
What stages of moral develop did Carol Gilligan come up with?
1. Preconventional
2. conventional
3. post conventional
300
What is friendship based on?
LOVE
300
What is the Nicomachean Ethics?
A book defining Aristotle's best work of ethics.
400
What did Nel Nodding believe in?
Women are more likely to see things in the terms of virtues of caring more instinctively than men
400
What virtue is essential for human life?
Friendship
400
what does this mean? There is a time and place as to when to act or react...
Too much or too little of certain feelings are both bad. This is when a virtue steps in and determines where those feelings and emotions stand.
500
Who believes that women should be the caretakers?
Nel Nodding
500
We can identify the main kinds of friendship in terms of what someone can be loved for...
because they are good,
because they give us pleasure
or
because they are useful to us
500
What does Janet Smith believe?
she views that lying is also adultery - she had a conservative view.