Driver suggests that virtue ethics is intuitively appealing because we often deliberate about moral problems by reflecting on what admirable people would do. Do you agree that such reflection is useful when resolving moral dilemmas?

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Driver considers the objection that virtue ethics is not action guiding. Present the objection and her reply. How compelling is the objection? Must a moral theory always give agents clear instruction on how to act?

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What is the doctrine of the mean? Offer your own example of a virtue that can be modeled on this doctrine and an example of one that cannot be adequately modeled.

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The virtuous person does the right thing and is happy to do so. It comes easily. The "continent" person does the right thing, but it requires effort. Should we think more of the person that wants to be moral or the person who overcomes a desire not to be moral?

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Quiz 17: Virtue Ethics Julia Driver

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