What is the point of ethics? Is it to understand what moral rules or principles we ought to follow? Is it to understand the nature of right and wrong? Is it to come up with a foolproof definition of ...

Virtues are attitudes, dispositions, or character traits that enable us to act and to “be” in ways that develop our potential. Virtues are developed through learning and practice, and become good ...

Virtue ethics, rooted in Aristotelian philosophy, emphasises the development of individual character and the cultivation of virtues as central to moral conduct. In the context of business ethics, this ...

VIRTUE: FOR TOO MANY AMERICANS, the word suggests only a bygone bluenose era, prim lectures on sexual purity -- at best, something you ""lose'' when you finally give in or give up. But for the ancient ...

An appreciation of the virtues one wishes to embody can help to navigate the complex ethical dilemmas physicians may face during the COVID-19 crisis. Approximately 2000 years ago, the ancient Greek ...

Ann Mongoven is the associate director of health care ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Rage often has been a powerful motivator and constructive force for social ...

When Lockheed Martin “hired” Dilbert in 1997, it was as a test pilot of sorts. Not for the defense giant’s airplanes, but for its evolving ethics program. Dilbert and his comic-strip pals were used in ...

The Virtue Ethics Working Group will investigate the role of the virtues in students’ well-being, whole-person pedagogy, and civic engagement. Our goal is to develop and implement a longitudinal study ...