Connexions

Sections
You are here: Home » Content » Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics

About: Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics

Module by: William Frey

View content

Metadata

Name: Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics
ID: m13755
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module provides activities that allow students to develop insights into the ethical approach commonly called virtue ethics. A previous module on moral exemplars has helped students to reflect on the characteristics and skills that make up individuals who consistently act for the good. This module builds on these insights and helps students identify and develop profiles for virtues pertinent to the occupational and professional domains. Students are provided with background information on virtue theory with emphasis on Aristotle's classical formulation and MacIntyre's recent attempt to see virtues as skills and traits cultivated to realize goods internal to a practice. In its original form, this module assigns virtues to small groups of 3 to 5 students. Students use a table format to "flesh out" their assigned virtue. Each group provides the others with copies of its virtue table. The result from students debriefing on their virtues and exchanging their virtue tables is a small virtue handbook that can be employed in subsequent decision-making exercises. This module is being developed as a part of an NSF-funded project, "Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices," NSF SES 0551779.
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: Ethical Theory, Professional Ethics, Virtue Ethics
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)
Copyright Holders: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)
Maintainers: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu)
Version: 1.11 (history)
Created: Jul 26, 2006 5:42 am GMT-5
Revised: Mar 2, 2007 8:00 am US/Central

Version History

Version: 1.11 Mar 2, 2007 8:00 am US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
Updated abstract
Version: 1.10 Feb 1, 2007 12:51 pm US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
 Demo changes
Version: 1.9 Jan 30, 2007 5:24 am US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
Minor grammatical and stylistic edits.  Two bibliographical references have been added.
Version: 1.8 Jan 29, 2007 10:47 am US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
Added descriptions of Virtue 1, 2, and 3.  Made stylistic changes such as adding section headings.  Added material from Martin on flow experiences.
Version: 1.7 Jan 13, 2007 12:53 pm US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
Minor edits on table, exercise 1 and exercise 2.
Version: 1.6 Jan 11, 2007 11:15 am US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
Revised module summary to focus on virtue ethics module.  Added link to Ethics Update on virtue ethics materials available online.
Version: 1.5 Jan 5, 2007 5:33 am US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
This revision was stylistic, not substantive.  Section headings were added using the "name" format
Version: 1.4 Oct 12, 2006 7:53 pm GMT-5 by William Frey
Changes: 
Two online links added to module
Version: 1.3 Oct 12, 2006 7:52 pm GMT-5 by William Frey
Changes: 
Two links have been added to this module
Version: 1.2 Oct 12, 2006 7:40 pm GMT-5 by William Frey
Changes: 
 Reformated table and added ennumerated and bulleted lists.  Also added content summarizing virtue ethics
Version: 1.1 Aug 5, 2006 7:14 pm GMT-5 by William Frey
Changes: 
Module shortened and linked to computing cases and Good Computing manuscript draft.

How to Reuse and Attribute This Content

If you derive a copy of this content using a Connexions account and publish your version, proper attribution of the original work will be automatically done for you.

If you reuse this work elsewhere, in order to comply with the attribution requirements of the license (CC-BY 2.0), you must include

  • the authors' names: William Frey
  • the title of the work: Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics
  • the Connexions URL where the work can be found: http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/

See the citation section below for examples you can copy.

How to Cite and Attribute This Content

The following citation styles comply with the attribution requirements for the license (CC-BY 2.0) of this work:

American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide:

Frey, W. Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/, Mar 2, 2007.

American Medical Assocation (AMA) Manual of Style:

Frey W. Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics [Connexions Web site]. March 2, 2007. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/.

American Psychological Assocation (APA) Publication Manual:

Frey, W. (2007, March 2). Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/

Chicago Manual of Style (Bibliography):

Frey, William. "Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics." Connexions. March 2, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Note):

William Frey, "Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics," Connexions, March 2, 2007, http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Reference, in Author-Date style):

Frey, W. 2007. Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics. Connexions, March 2, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/.

Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style Manual:

Frey, William. Theory-Building Activities: Virtue Ethics. Connexions. 2 Mar. 2007 <http://cnx.org/content/m13755/1.11/>.