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Role ethics

Role ethics is an ethical theory based on family roles.[1] Morality is derived from a person's relationship with their community.[2] The ethics of Confucianism is an example of role ethics,[1] in particular the Three Fundamental Bonds and Five Constant Virtues (Chinese: 三綱五常; pinyin: Sāngāng Wǔcháng; Jyutping: Saam1 Gong1 Ng5 Soeng4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-kòng Ngó͘-siông).

the general role of a human being in society (the human ) at large;

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roles that we choose for ourselves, being a father, or friend;

roles that the circumstances assign to us, being a son or daughter.

Epictetus developed and introduced role ethics into Stoicism, an approach to ethics based on taking seriously the different roles we all play in life. The roles are:


Epictetus’s role ethics was a development of a similar concept developed by Panaetius who was a philosopher of the middle Stoa.[6]