Virtue ethics is person rather than action based. It looks at the moral character of the person carrying out an action. A right act is the action a virtuous person would do in the same circumstances.

Author Ryan Holiday explores the Stoic virtues of doing good, emphasizing that acting with integrity and making the right ...

In this book, Arthur Keefer offers a new interpretation of the book of Proverbs from the standpoint of virtue ethics. Using an innovative method that bridges philosophy and biblical studies, he argues ...

The revival of Aristotelian virtue ethics can be seen as a response to the modern problem of disenchantment, that is, the perceived loss of meaning in modernity. However, in Virtue and Meaning, David ...

The first, and still most famous advocate for virtue ethics was the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. He argued that a virtuous person must actually practice acts of virtue and do the arduous ...

To look at the process of gaining virtue, let's take two examples from Servais Pinckaers' book, The Sources of Christian Ethics. The first is that of a child learning to play piano. Clearly ...

Ethics is not only about the morality of particular courses of action, but it's also about the goodness of individuals and what it means to live a good life. Virtue Ethics is particularly ...

Little about virtue ethics, athletics, and her book The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners. How can distance running—and sports in general—form us into virtuous people?

Just wanted to get across an overarching sentiment on this virtue versus ethics conundrum. Be aware that some would say that virtues and ethics are one and the same. Others would say they are ...

Economists may prefer to be value neutral, but many critics find fault in the relationship between economics and virtue ECONOMISTS prefer to sidestep moral issues. They like to say they study ...

Ethical Decision Making resources provide an introduction to basic ideas in applied ethics, such as utilitarianism, rights, justice, virtue, and the common good. We also look at foundational questions ...

When we try to act morally, we often feel lost, as if goodness is an abstract concept outside of ourselves, something we must chase. It seems like a distant ideal—an external entity we need to ...