Extra credit

I attended the philosophy conference on April 8, 2011 at 7pm. Although it ran a little behind schedule. The speaker was David Solomon and he is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Solomon was discussing “The Virtue Revolution: Moral Philosophy and Cultural Change." He started about the revival of virtue ethics by faith and learning. He also mentioned how the movie Ground Hog day relates to Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics. I've never seen that movie so I think now I want to go watch the movie to checkout how it relates to the book, since we read that in class. Getting back to the recent revival of virtue ethics. Dr. Solomon discussed about three categories. Virtue theories, Rule theories and Consequential theories. A person who fits in the virtues theories category is a person who views their success in life is based on who they are; they way they created their life. A person who fits in the rule theories category is a person who views their success in life is based on what they did and how they conformed to the rules. What it means by conformed to the rules are like for an example, following the 10 commandments and what you abide.. Like a record of your actions. A person that fits in the consequential theories category is a person that views their success in life by not who they are but by what they left behind. After listening to that I was trying to see what category I'd fit in. I think I'm a combination of the virtue theories and rule theories. Because of course my success is based of what I want to do with my life. If I fulfill my personal goals then I view myself as successful. I also look at my moral values because that matters to me to. So knowing I was a good person and trying my best to obey Gods rule that confirms me being successful in my mind. He also explained the conflicts between those three theories. Conflicts such as virtue ethics dominated ancient thinking. He discussed about the contemporary revival of virtue theory. He said, part of a larger revival of normative theory in general is associated frequently with a critique of modernity and a larger Roman Catholic view of the world. Our culture influences philosophy. I agree because as generations pass what is acceptable and moral changes as time changes. Virtue revolution in moral philosophy is partly prompted by cultural development. It is also impossible for moral philosophers to keep their philosophy untainted by cultural concerns, because many people criticize and think differently. For our culture to revive virtue, we have to work together and to remember our dignity. Dignity is a property we have in virtue of being human beings, it gives us status and rights. We have to exercise those status and rights.





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