Assignment:
Virtues help shape our aspirations for what sort of person we want to be. In an essay of 1,200 words discuss how cultivating a virtuous disposition may help you achieve your goals, both personally and professionally.
Include 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 written by Judith Boss, as well as two outside sources, to discuss the relationship between virtues and your success as a person.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.