Instigator / Pro
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1417
rating
158
debates
32.59%
won
Topic
#2439

By combining Utilitarianism and Virtue Ethics, you achieve better outcomes than either alone

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
1

After 1 vote and with 1 point ahead, the winner is...

RationalMadman
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Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
Two weeks
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Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
1
1709
rating
564
debates
68.17%
won
Description

A lot of people criticize Utilitarianism because it cannot put value on all things, and measuring certain things are extraordinarily difficult. I then propose, that we add virtue ethics, putting an infinite value on human dignity, freedom, and valuable characteristics (allowing them to overcome any amount of financial gain), in addition to the vague "happiness" that is harder to measure. With both of these moral systems combined, I argue that the most moral actions can be concluded.

Utilitarianism: the idea that the greater the happiness (and minimalizing the amount of harm), the more moral the action is

Virtue ethics: the idea that some things must always be done and achieved through.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

CON narrowly wins this even as he forfeited. PRO's ideas of combining the two, like CON pointed out make no sense whatsoever. He suggests putting a point system, which doesn't really do anything as Virtue ethics see things as absolute good or absolute bad. It is literally impossible to combine the two. And CON has also pointed out that even if it did work, It would barely achieve anything in real life, thus not fitting within "outcomes".

It would be very hard for PRO to win this even if he really tried. I suggest that PRO stops doing these types of debates.