By: Michael Wittkowske Nicole Herriges Danielle Johnson Nikki Van Riper

 From the Latin vir, “man” The original interpretation of having manly warlike qualities like courage and martial valor

 Classical Greek  Medieval Catholicism  Modern Western View  Eastern Asian Cultural View

 Add Three Theological Virtues to the Classical Greek  Faith  Hope  Charity

 “the Buddha” means “the Enlightened One”  Founded by Siddhartha Gautama (fifth century BCE)

To do no evil To cultivate good To purify one’s mind This is the teaching of the Buddha

TTranquility NNonattachment CCompassion TTruthful speech and thought “right livelihood” FFinding a way to live that does not increase your own or others’ suffering; and nonviolence

Yin-Yang

The founding expression of Taoism

 “Be still like the mountain and flow like a great river” Lao Tse  Embodies harmony of opposites “there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female ”

 Hippocratic Oath (physician’s oath)  Teacher’s must be supportive and accurate with their information  Journalism must remain non-biased  Truck drivers and Airline Pilots must remain alert at all times

OOregon, Washington, and Montana have legalized physician assisted suicide CContradicts the Hippocratic Oath “I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect”

 Self-Centeredness  Action-Guiding  Moral Luck

 How does professional ethics better our quality of goods and services?  Is living by a theory of virtues worthy?  Is the eastern society’s views more virtuous than our western society’s view?