University of Phoenix Cultivating a Virtuous Disposition Paper

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1. Virtues help shape our aspirations for what type of person we want to be.Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word essay in which you:
   • Discuss how cultivating a virtuous disposition may help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
   • Discuss the concept of virtue and what it means to be a good person and have good moral character. Consider how being virtuous defines you.
   • Examine your cultural ideas of virtues and how they compare with other cultures. Explain how your idea of being virtuous fits within a cultural context.
   • Explain how your ideas fit within the idea of utilitarianism and individual or group happiness.
   • Use examples from your own life and information from Ethics for Life: A Text with Readings, as well as two outside sources, to discuss the relationship between virtues and your success as a person.