The Emergence Machine

Virtue Ethics

abstract · philosophy · Level 12 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

virtue-ethics emerges from virtue + good. It requires behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “virtue ethics” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
ἀρετή (aretē)
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L2L1L0Virtue EthicsEthicsVirtuePhilosophyReasoning… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureValueActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAristotelianismL13Virtue EthicsL12EthicsL11VirtueL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Ethics L11 (requires)
    virtue ethics builds on the concept of ethics
  • Virtue L11 (conceptual)
    Virtue ethics centers on virtue

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