PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (MacIntyre’s account of practices)

PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (MacIntyre’s account of practices)

PHI 208 Week 4 Discussion (MacIntyre’s account of practices)

Referring to MacIntyre’s account of practices and virtue, outline a practice in your own life that you believe requires certain virtues in order to do well. Explain what the practice is, what the “internal goods” of the practice are and how they differ from certain”external goods” (such as money, prestige, power, etc.), and attempt to determine the virtues that one must have in order to excel in the practice. In other words, what are virtues that make one a good practitioner of this practice? What are some vices that get in the way of doing this practice well? How might someone that primarily pursues internal goods behave differently than someone primarily concerned with external goods? Your answers to these questions should include evidence from this week’s readings and media.

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What does it mean to be a virtuous soldier?  Identify three virtues that a soldier needs in order to be an excellent soldier and then explain why.  Create a scenario that a soldier might face during war or some other stressful event, and explain what the virtuous soldier would do in the situation, and which specific virtues the soldier would demonstrate.   Refer to the readings and media, including Robinson’s article, “Magnanimity and Integrity as Military Virtues,” where appropriate.