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    254, Mori within Sef htt fel he fee of tc seni" such athe por ad the opened in a ‘ny counties of which we tno itor fre ganeaons ee sl hae deal the environmental degradation tat wehune tet bchind uti hard ose ‘ow hiss of vice depne af many plese bt eyo how wl pe wie ate tht more ious peopl wl el Inshot, Burs came about the hamony of vie and self sem 'npaiblefo me. Nonetheless hi lanssbout ou “elation othe preci ef wi" eem tome eset covet We mt think faethe had iat {uous the ight reper ie for ola eventhough by ving uch 9 He ‘expos useless ouces of pin ad ant at he ice fel _ness would spare us from." 7 14. The pais em Das Hume, Eng Cancering the Pini: of Mor LA Shree edb PH Nich (Ox Codon, she 4s. Antler at of hi paper as rset ta iene he Unive of esd ig [gm gmc emi of i ses aw Fl Behe eo ‘hs chang t Slepen Dural aed om Oxford cllepes Robert ns il Ch ator Ege Dr Caer, Doi Edge, nd Ove Psy bela eess 10 Virtue Ethics and the Charge of Egoism JULIA ANNAS We cae sbout being generous, courageots ad fait, This looks a though we eate about oer people, since what we cate abo is having a dspostion to help others, ‘espe thei ight, and intervene when they are threatened. But iit comet for fencer far thers to come in byway of my own dapestons?Iseaing about tue ‘csi too much on myrel? Th wor hasbeen the basi of objections that ite thes. 8 theo. isla or egos In eecent yest dfendes of vewe ethics bane provided many responses, ba he objection keep coming up in rersed for The objection canbe met and dicussion ofthe tue ial weal n helping to see wha ite eis, not jut what ts not "The egoizm in question here i ehialegotn, the theory that hold cum god tthe ethical standard fr what right fr metodo, the post {should have, and o on. The theory comes in several versions, depending on the ‘ny diferent posible interpretations of what my own god is My own good might beet to const in my having the maximum pleasure, ort might be piven other content, such as ny sting my desis, orachicing what iin my own interes (And diferent versions will result rom distinguishing what satay in my ifeess frm hat I merely hink to bein my interests) Some versions of ego ate inter ‘ed in my own good merely sa standard for “the rightness of ction, whileathers Unk it alo 2s what ties my having some dpeitions ater than thes, But feepreent purposes | don think thet t mater to dtinguh thee eons The ‘ese ides of ecal ego that what ebialy sis hat I'd, and the way am, my own good, where thats dstne from, and petentally in confit with, ‘he god others. And we find at once a problem in theses that hi coud be tthiea potion because ofthe very basic thought that ches fundamentally about the god of others, ont my good +. Theres ter poblens wt eos a theo bt we mates here the ps ‘hanes eines thought oe sb he gad a oes tha fing You om pede wg fom he stat 296 Moray within Sites Why woul none think hat vue this is eg? ‘Whatisa ite? Aminima conception that a dspositon or character a, Virus at att characte tat, hoes, nce eines or stebbormes as natitues, Vite ae character ats which ren some may desable Bul ner src they js desl charter as ane and punchy are ee baba hare, ‘ut not yet vies. Avie teat a character tit which smiable ebay ‘nga commitment a some eical aa we deny, we lng cnet ooh cvendiy dco abut vitue and vinuous people as we can se we loka ‘plat fits Courage, mes and pace seal ites Theyre ta iyi eluent shisha desipinabel sie cre bes Se ee hints oay a tea tase Troma ee apni ted eo se Souci Ncereenee ents 2. Bia Hale.“ Mol Vie 3 Benet othe Ago” n How Shoal One Lin? gn he Vine ed Roger Cry. (Osod Ox Une es 8" Rosind Huthoe, On Via hes On Cond Uae Pe 238 Morel within Slr when webring up children, we tach them tobe brave, generous, ans, and We ‘oso in their owm interests, not jst ours: we ake ttt a have a character af ce= tain kind sa good way for them ove Few people infact doubt tha the vires are ‘goods which person has ean to want Virtue eis wants more than this, of cous; it laims that wrt is, more weal, neces or mote stongly, necessary and sufcent for urishing ms 2 Husk puts it “give these vitues poy over other gna, y stating tat they tt ‘uniquely neces fo ourshng”* Many cite ave tie to show tha! his ot {gto suececd, because it depends oa showing that ve iimportant and cent {oaperon's good, a view wbich x itis asertd “nat plausible” This Kind of bie tions very familia virte eis is held to Bout common sense when it old that virtue sat least necesary for leading life which ia Nourishing. good ene” For thisclaimistrue,then the wacked are not eating Housing ves however weal and glamorous they ae. Andi thie not completely counterntive? Surprisingly many estes have thought that defender of virtue ethics old bth that vite iat least neces for flourishing and that wealth, glamour, nd ahet indieatons of suces at aecepable as indeaton of fourithing lie. Of cours, this combination of postions is doomed to be hopelesly implausible, In fc,

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