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VIRTUE

ETHICS
BY: GROUP 4
HAPPINES AS LIVING WELL
WHAT IS REAL VIRTUE?
Vice Virtue Vice
Excessive Mean Deficient

Example:
HOW TO MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING?
Meaning of – An unexamined life is not
worth living
 Through this statement, Socrates means that
an unexamined human life is deprived of the
meaning and purpose of existence.

Importance of examined life


 The fast-changing societies and consumerist
culture in the contemporary world leave less
time for human beings to examine and think
about the changes. Adaptation to changes
has become automatic and unquestionable.
The Current Relevance of the Statement
 Human beings are burdened with the
histories of war, colonization, nationalization,
erosion of morality in the scientific and
technological advancements and the sense
of spiritual uprootedness.

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