Question

Our author, Lawrence Hinman, argues what about virtue ethics? a. It argues that particular character traits lead to specific actions. b. A courageous person is so, according to virtue ethics, because of the consequences of being so. c. It reconciles Kant and Utilitarianism within a single theory. d. All the answers are correct

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is:

d. All the answers are correct

Explanation:

In the first place Lawrence Hinman talks his book Ethics : A Pluralistic Approach to Moral Theory about particular character traits based on the Aristotelian theory in which, it is established the importance of developing the virtue of character in order to finally obtain the most important, that has been already pre-established, a good behavior. On the other hand, the virtue ethics theory refers to the way in which character and virtue are related with the purpose of reflecting always good results in life as it is stated in the answer option, courage would be the result according to this theory. The author of the book also exposes and mixes the two points of view in one single perspective, according to Hinman, the utilitarianism theory let the reader see how the combination of consequences and results establish a moral basis, and it also determines the way in which this chain can be of any use. The author besides explains how in the deontological ethics theory by Kant, the relationship between the human will and morality is established and how it offers as a result the determination of what is good and this will show the way in which human beings must act or behave.