What is virtue ethics?

Assumes good persons will make good decisions and personal qualities affect decisions. Virtue ethics involves a good person doing good in the name of morality and not for any profit or gain. One group of people that can be characterized as having virtue ethics are Good Samaritans. As their name suggests, they do things from the goodness of their heart and nothing more.

They are recognized for that reason because Good Samaritans go out of their way to do good for others. Those who live by virtue ethics are caring and live by principles that are focused on doing good.

Virtue ethics is a term used for a set of principals which emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy, rather than doing something with the intent of profit or gain. An example of this is treating others with kindness and respect simply because it is the right thing to do.

Virtue ethics is rooted in more profound questions such as, "how should I live?” and “What is good?” Virtue ethics also challenges the notion that ethics should be focused solely on justice and autonomy. Its stand is that caring and nurturing are the principals to practice. In this set of ideals, “virtue” is more focused on our collective understanding of morality in a world that is sorely lacking this quality.