Assignment:
Write a 1,000 to 1,400 word paper discussing how cultivating a virtuous disposition may help you achieve your goals, both personally and professionally. Be sure to address the following:
- Discuss how being virtuous defines you.
- Examine your cultural ideas of virtues and how they compare with other cultures.
- Explain how your idea of being virtuous fits within a cultural context.
- Explain how your ideas fit within the idea of utilitarianism and individual or group happiness.
- Use examples from your own life and information from Ethics for Life, as well as two outside sources, to discuss the relationship between virtues and your success as a person.
Format your paper consistent with appropriate course-level APA guidelines.