How Can I Be a Better Person?

    First, watch the Crash Course Philosophy-38 Aristotle and Virtue Ethics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrvtOWEXDIQ Links to an external site. Second, read Chapter 3 in Matthews and Hendricks: How Can I Be a Better Person? On Virtue Ethics Links to an external site. ( https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics/ Links to an external site. ). Third, prepare your Short Paper 3 (1-2 typed pages, full directions below) covering the following topics: Compare and contrast virtue ethics in the Western and Eastern philosophical traditions. 1. Introduce and explain in your own words the virtue ethics of one Western philosopher (either Aristotle or Aquinas) 2. Introduce and explain in your own words the virtue ethics of one Eastern philosopher (Buddha, Confucius, or Lao Tzo (Daoism)). 3. Explain how they are similar and different. 4. Give an original example that illustrates at least one difference between the two. 5. Conclude by saying which one appeals more to you and why.