Rule-Based vs. Virtue-Based Ethics
Western ethics frequently rely on rules and duties (e.g., Kantian ethics). Eastern ethics focus more on cultivating inner virtue and alignment with natural flow—non-harm (ahimsa), compassion, mindfulness.
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Eastern and Western philosophies offer two unique ways to understand life, self, and the universe. While the West focuses on logic, individuality, and rules, the East emphasizes harmony, unity, and inner awakening. Exploring their differences reveals deep insights into how we think and live.
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Virtue ethics and Situation ethics
- Virtue ethics looks at virtue or moral character, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the consequences of actions. Virtue ethics is particularly concerned with the way individuals live their lives, and less concerned in assessing particular actions.
Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics
Aristotelian virtue ethics focuses on the cultivation of the agent instead of the making of rules of conduct. The kung fu approach shares this view, but the process of ethics does not rely on any metaphysics for justification.
The person who follows the Aristotelian metaphysics will put mo...
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