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Virtue Ethics, Situationism And Casuistry: Toward A Digital Ethics Beyond Exemplars, Bastiaan Vanacker
Virtue Ethics, Situationism And Casuistry: Toward A Digital Ethics Beyond Exemplars, Bastiaan Vanacker
School of Communication: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Purpose
This paper aims to propose an ethical approach best suited to dealing with the issues of digital ethics in general and internet research ethics in particular.
Design/methodology/approach
This article engages with the existing literature on virtue ethics, situationism and digital (research) ethics.
Findings
A virtue-based casuistic method could be well-suited to deal with issues relating to digital ethics in general and internet research ethics in particular as long as it can take place in communities with shared practices and traditions.
Originality/value
These insights could add and further deepen the rich debate about research ethics that is already ongoing within …
Theoria As Practice And As Activity, Julie Ward
Theoria As Practice And As Activity, Julie Ward
Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works
In Book X chapter 7 of Nicomachean Ethics (henceforth, EN), Aristotle reaches two decisive conclusions: frst, the activity of our intellect which he terms θεωρία is the highest kind and comprises “complete happiness” (ἡ τελεῖα εὐδαίμονια, EN 1177a19); second, a theoretical life, being divine, counts as the highest, and is the one to aim at (EN 1178a5-7). These are compelling claims, rightly generating much scholarly comment, particularly about the balance of excellent theoretical and moral activity in the best human life.2 Yet the present paper proposes to follow a diferent standard, one with a broader, thematic approach to θεωρία. My …