What Is Virtue Ethics? A Guide to the Good Life
Most ethical theories ask: what should I do? Virtue ethics asks a different question: what kind of person should I be? The difference matters. Instead of rules or calculations, virtue ethics focuses on character. It says the right action flows from the right kind of person. Aristotle started this. He noticed that moral people don’t usually deliberate about basic choices. They don’t stand in the grocery store wondering whether to steal....