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

Sources:

Meet the man who made six figures selling anti-Elon Musk Tesla stickers

Tesla owner tells why she hands out anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers 

Aristotle (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Aristotle's Ethics

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

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