Virtue signaling is a term that continues to be thrown around in a variety of contexts — from people’s bumper stickers to companies’ social media logos — but what really is virtue signaling, and is it something worth critiquing? We take a pause to look closer at virtue signaling, from unpacking definitions of virtue signaling and virtue to evaluating whether virtue signaling is a virtue or a vice.
Timestamps:
Aristotle — 2:57
Kant — 13:29
Westra — 20:36
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Aristotle (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books 1-5
Immanuel Kant - German Philosopher, Enlightenment, Critique of Pure Reason | Britannica
Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, First Section
Evan Westra (Purdue University) - PhilPeople
Virtue Signaling and Moral Progress
