VIRTUE ETHICS

Virtue Ethics

Virtue Ethics

Introduction

Aristotle, Buddha and Confucius are the ABC of virtue ethics, so that the roots of this go much over time. These three sages preached a kind of moderation, teaching, each in its way, that goodness emanates simply exercising the virtues and abstain from vices. The virtues and vices (similarly to viruses) are things that we acquire from others and pass on to others. They are as good and bad habits. So, if our goal is to see good people doing the right thing in a just society, we must create and maintain virtuous environments at home, at school, at work, in government, and so on. In this paper, we will elaborate on the fact that how virtue ethics can be used to influence criminal justice practitioners

The Virtue Ethics

The virtue ethics encourages people to be more autonomous, without others to govern the time, which minimizes the risk of falling into anarchy at one end in despotism or in the other. The main strength of virtue ethics is its emphasis on education and habit formation as guides and ways to achieve a good life. Not without some optimism, it believes that human nature is like clay, as family and society can shape it in many ways, from the cradle to the grave. The weaknesses of virtue ethics are twofold. At one extreme, in Asia, Confucianism's emphasis on the family as a basic component of the community, society and system of government can lead-and-has led to corruption and favoritism in the form of nepotism and related services. At the other extreme, where the modern Western emphasis on individual liberty has undermined nuclear families, and where political power is a product to purchase, where negligible attention is paid to virtue. When you let people fend for themselves, and they are not encouraged, or forced, to adopt ethical systems, then they often choose vice rather than virtue. The moral world, such as physical, ...