Ethics and Values / Unit 6 Ethics 266 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Guidance Objection
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The idea
The guidance objection: "do what the virtuous person would do" sends the hard case back where it started — the agent still must ask which act that is.
In practice
A councilwoman weighing a shelter siting asks virtue ethics for the vote. "Vote wisely and justly" names the goal and withholds the ballot.
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