In my lecture video, I discuss how a moral “role model” (exemplar) virtue ethics might have us “follow” for guidance should be a well-known or recognized person (Socrates, Jesus, Ghandi, the Buddha, etc.), since otherwise we can’t be sure whether the person is truly “virtuous” or not.

In my video lecture this week, which of the following specific areas do I discuss Care Ethics as having a significant impact upon?

Caring for someone out of a feeling of duty would be considered morally incomplete if not wrong by virtue ethics.

Custer is a soldier engaged in war, and he finds himself facing an entire unit of enemy fighters with none of his unit there to help him.Custer has two choices: stay and fight, which will result in him being killed almost instantly, or retreat, which will allow him to rejoin his unit and continue to fight later.Which of the following would be the best choice from the perspective of the Golden Mean in virtue ethics?

A key part of feminist philosophy is to reject philosophical ideas developed by men, since those ideas necessarily exclude women’s experiences and understandings.

One strength of virtue ethics is that it avoids a problem of duty ethics: situations in which ethical values or principles conflict with one another.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of Aristotle’s version of virtue ethics?*** Remember that copying/pasting from our eBook/course materials, the internet, or using AI like ChatGPT to help “write” or “proofread” or “improve” your answer violates my Academic Integrity policy. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or, if you are unable to do that, properly quote/informally cite them as I discuss in the Academic Integrity section of the Syllabus ***

Suppose that you are wanting to become a virtuous person, but you have no idea how. Which of the following options would a virtue ethicist most likely recommend?

Summarize Care Ethics, including the areas that Feminist Ethics emphasizes as important/valuable.Then, compare/contrast Care Ethics with one of the other moral theories we’ve learned about in the course (your choice).*** Remember that copying/pasting from our eBook/course materials, the internet, or using AI like ChatGPT to help “write” or “proofread” or “improve” your answer violates my Academic Integrity policy. USE YOUR OWN WORDS or, if you are unable to do that, properly quote/informally cite them as I discuss in the Academic Integrity section of the Syllabus ***

In my video lecture this week, I discuss the “What Would Jesus Do?” (WWJD) movement as a good example of the Care Ethics approach to “doing ethics.”