Similar tactics can be devised to enhance the other moral virtues of courage, justice, humanity, and temperance. The key is to identify behaviors that support specific character strengths and ...

Virtue ethics is person rather than action based. It looks at the moral character of the person carrying out an action. A right act is the action a virtuous person would do in the same circumstances.

Many of the best presidents – including figures such as Presidents Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not ...

(2) Virtues form slowly. Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher, defined moral virtues as habits of the soul.[5] They are habitual dispositions to think, feel, and act well, reliably and long-term.

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Why, though, should anyone expect a president to demonstrate that sort of virtue? If someone is good at the difficult job of political leadership, must ...

Virtue ethics certainly recognizes the existence of enemies, but it still imposes moral obligations on our treatment of our foes. The virtues Franklin listed are not simply the way you love your ...

Economists may prefer to be value neutral, but many critics find fault in the relationship between economics and virtue ECONOMISTS prefer to sidestep moral issues. They like to say they study ...