Revision.  1. Eudaimonia  2. The Golden Mean  3. Aristotle’s four cardinal virtues  4. Agent-centred  5. Aristotle’s three understandings of happiness?

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 1. Eudaimonia  2. The Golden Mean  3. Aristotle’s four cardinal virtues  4. Agent-centred  5. Aristotle’s three understandings of happiness?

 1. can you practise the virtues  2. can you maintain the virtues  3. will society benefit from the virtues  4. can you achieve virtue  5. do virtuous role models help?

 How might Christianity and Virtue Ethics overlap?  How does eudaimonia fit into Christian views?  Are there any Biblical quotations that support Virtue Ethics?  Does any other ethical scheme you have studied support Virtue Ethics?  What might Christians do to be virtuous?

 1. Elizabeth Anscombe  2. Philippa Foot  3. Alasdair MacIntyre  4. Rosalind Hursthouse  5. Michael Slote

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