October 14
Wednesday, October 14, 2020Breakout – Sec 01 in Russell, Sec 03 in Fisk, Sec 02 and 04 together online
Aristotle Exercises (Day 2)
This class session is an opportunity to discuss all the material from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics presented in this unit, as well as the currently ongoing Live Like an Aristotelian exercises. We will also spend some time at the start of class considering the influence of Aristotle on the development of the contemporary virtue ethics movement and discuss the distinctiveness of this approach to normative ethics in modern moral philosophy.
Goals
Goals
- Clear up confusions about Aristotle’s ethical theory, and critically engage with its strengths and weaknesses
- Learn from one another about how the exercises are going, and share feedback with the instructors
Before Class
Do This
Read This
Watch This
Do This
- Continue your Live Like an Aristotelian exercises
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Read This
- “Virtue Ethics” – entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Rosalind Hursthouse)
- See also “Watch This” on the next tab ⟹
Watch This
After Class
Further Resources
Further Resources
- N/A