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The underpinnings of society - Philospohical traditions - Virtue ethics

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Elaborate on virtue ethics

Virtue ethics is about how should I live? It's about the inner disposition which leads to the right actions in a specific context. It's about moral education and development. You take the mean between two extremes.

How can you develop or come to virtue ethical decision?

1. By doing it
2. Using intuition, deliberation and judgement
3. Developing good habits and practical wisdom
4. Learning from good examples

How can you do virtue ethics in an organization?

Virtue ethics starts at an individual level. As an organization you can set up programs and structures that facilitate individuals that allow them to learn.

What are the limitations of virtue ethics?

1. Good intentions alone don't make good results.
2. Lack of guidance on how to act.
3. Complexity of an organization societal questions.
4. Individual responsibility is not clear.

How does virtue ethics relate to MLM?

MLM starts of with wrong incentives. This is not virtue because you get incentives and thereby you manipulate other people in the benefit of yourself. Virtue systems are without incentives.

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