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virtue ethicsApproach 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. It falls somewhat outside the traditional dichotomy between deontological ethics and consequentialism: It agrees with consequentialism that the criterion of an action's being morally right or wrong lies in its relation to an end that has intrinsic value, but more closely resembles deontological ethics in its view that morally right actions are constitutive of the end itself and not mere instrumental means to the end. See also eudaemonism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sherman has demonstrated considerable philosophical expertise in her previous books on the virtue ethics of Aristotle and Kant. It follows from this that virtue ethics is mainly interested in those issues which relate to the general tenor of everyday life, not in the resolution of difficult (and generally uncommon) moral decisions (MacIntyre; Kotva). Beyond principles: virtue ethics in hospice and palliative care. |
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