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    Aristotle's virtue ethics demonstrates that moral require... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The Categorical Imperative can fully ground our conception of what morality requires of us

    Aristotle's virtue ethics demonstrates that moral requirements are grounded in human flourishing and character, not formal universalizability.

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    • 1.Humans have a discoverable telos (end/purpose); virtue consists in excellences that actualize this nature.
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    • 2.Moral intuitions track human flourishing across cultures, suggesting universalizability alone misses what grounds ethics.
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    • 3.Character formation explains moral motivation better than abstract rules, which often fail to move people to act rightly.
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    • 1.Human flourishing is contested and culturally variable; grounding morality in it risks relativism about core obligations.
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    • 2.Virtue ethics struggles with demandingness and conflict resolution; formal universalizability provides clearer guidance.
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    • 3.Moral duties to distant strangers seem grounded in impartial principles, not my own character development or flourishing.
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