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  • Bioethics
  • Existential Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics

Background:

  • Bioethics, defined as a science of human survival, integrates biology, ecology, and wisdom.
  • Existential threats like climate change, nuclear war, and AI necessitate new ethical considerations.
  • Current ethical frameworks may be insufficient for addressing extinction-level challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose virtue ethics as a crucial supplement to existing ethical decision-making models.
  • To explore how virtues like faith, hope, and love can inform responses to existential risks.
  • To advocate for a more holistic approach to human survival.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical inquiry into virtue ethics and its application to existential dilemmas.
  • Review of advances in philosophy, social science, and neuroscience.
  • Analysis of decision-making frameworks for global warming, nuclear warfare, and artificial intelligence.

Main Results:

  • Virtue ethics, emphasizing character and virtues like wisdom, justice, temperance, and courage, offers a complementary approach.
  • The integration of faith, hope, and love alongside traditional virtues is supported by contemporary research.
  • A new paradigm of thinking is essential for navigating the atomic age and ensuring civilization's future.

Conclusions:

  • Virtue ethics provides a vital framework for addressing complex existential questions.
  • A synthesis of scientific understanding and ethical wisdom is paramount for human survival.
  • Rethinking our approach to ethics is critical to prevent ruin and ensure a future civilization.