Chapter Seven | Virtue Ethics: Be a Good Person

Field Problems

1. Visit Wikipedia (www.Wikipedia.org) and read about the lives of the following historical figures: the Buddha, Socrates, Confucius, Mahatma Gandhi, and Mother Theresa. Using the textbook's discussion of virtue ethics as your guide, which of these people strikes you as the most virtuous? Why?

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2. Do a web search on the subject of research in humans, paying particular attention to the issue of performing experiments on people without their knowledge or consent. Briefly explain what you think an act-utilitarian might say about doing extremely promising research on humans (research that could result in amazing cures) without their consent. Then briefly explain what you think a virtue theorist might say about the same issue. Which view seems clearest to you? Which more workable?

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