Assignment:
Write a 1,100 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.