2003年7月18日 · In what follows we sketch four distinct forms taken by contemporary virtue ethics, namely, a) eudaimonist virtue ethics, b) agent-based and exemplarist virtue ethics, c) target-centered virtue ethics, and d) Platonistic virtue ethics.

Virtue ethics (also aretaic ethics, [a] [1] from Greek ἀρετή ) is a philosophical approach that treats virtue and character as the primary subjects of ethics, in contrast to other ethical systems that put consequences of voluntary acts, principles or rules of conduct, or obedience to divine authority in the primary role.

2023年5月3日 · Virtue ethics is an ancient branch of philosophy that focuses on the development of good character traits in order to lead a meaningful life. It is one of the major ethical theories and has been studied for centuries by great thinkers like Aristotle and Plato.

2025年2月21日 · Virtue ethics, Approach to ethics that takes the notion of virtue (often conceived as excellence) as fundamental. Virtue ethics is primarily concerned with traits of character that are essential to human flourishing, not with the enumeration of duties.

2024年12月9日 · Virtue ethics place one’s virtue and character at the center of ethical inquiry. This concept is traceable to Plato and Aristotle, but there have been more modern attempts to frame how we should act morally and be more amenable to sets of rules or general principles.

2023年5月18日 · Three of the most common ethical theories are virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and deontology. These theories each have their own approach to determining what is right and wrong and provide guidance for making ethical decisions.

Since its revival in the twentieth century, virtue ethics has been developed in three main directions: Eudaimonism, agent-based theories, and the ethics of care. Eudaimonism bases virtues in human flourishing, where flourishing is equated …

Virtue ethics is a philosophy developed by Aristotle and other ancient Greeks. It is the quest to understand and live a life of moral character. This character-based approach to morality assumes that we acquire virtue through practice.

2008年10月2日 · Virtue ethics is person rather than action based: it looks at the virtue or moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the...

2003年7月18日 · Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach which emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that which emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism).