Question

question 3
which of the following critiques represents a challenge to virtue - based ethics?
the agent’s moral character isn’t properly emphasized.
effects the agent couldn’t have anticipated impact his or her guilt.
mass chaos would ensue since everyone only cares about him or herself.
some virtues that are lacking can be hard to develop.

Explanation:

• Analyze each option:
• Option 1: Virtue - based ethics emphasizes moral character, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: Virtue - based ethics focuses on character and virtues, not on unanticipated effects for guilt determination, so this is not a critique of virtue - based ethics.
• Option 3: Virtue - based ethics promotes virtues like benevolence, so the idea of everyone only caring about themselves is not a critique of it (this is more of a critique of ethical egoism).
• Option 4: A key challenge of virtue - based ethics is that developing certain virtues (especially if one lacks them) can be difficult, as virtue - based ethics relies on cultivating virtues.

Answer:

D. Some virtues that are lacking can be hard to develop.