ETH 316 Week 5 Virtues and Happiness Essay

Virtues help shape our aspirations for what sort of person we want to be. In an essay of 1,050 to 1,400 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, 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.

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