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Towards Understanding the Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
Mojalefa Koenane5 (mkoenane@pan.uzulu.ac.za)
Department of Philosophy,
University of Zululand
South Africa
Abstract
In this paper, I depart from a point of view where I ask the question: Do we need ethics? And if so whose ethics or which ethics? Briefly the paper aims at arguing for a development of an ethical formation which is a for me a better ethical option when compared to other ethical theories such as, Steward Mill’s Utilitarianism, Emmanuel Kant’s Deontology or Duty ethics and any other ethical theory including theories promoting ethical relativism. The paper aims at promoting of public virtue and character, which embody rationality and principle values that can be universalized, all of which require a lot of wisdom and discernment. Furthermore, the paper aims at the development of the ethics of responsibility in the South African society; that is, building a public consciousness and character, which is also the same principles underlying the philosophy of ubuntu. Key concepts include: ethics, virtue; character, habit, the mean, deficiency, excess, moral degeneration, moral formation, phronesis (i.e. practical wisdom), deontology and utilitarianism.
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