1. Utilitarianism: Principle Based and Virtue Ethics
Utilitarianism and Kant's philosophy of principle, duty-based ethics and virtue ethics represent three different interpretations and theories however virtue ethics offers more as a basis for living a good ethical life. ... It has also been objected that Kant's unqualified concept of morality is much too general to help up decide what to do in any particular situation. 4 The theory does not take into consideration individual circumstances. ... Although there is no definite and clear agreement on what specifically the virtues are, Aristotle's aim is not to provide a comprehensiv...
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