virtue ethics

virtue ethics. Ethics. An ethical theory that focuses on the character of the actor rather than on the nature of the act or its consequences. • This approach received its first and perhaps its fullest expression in the works of Aristotle, esp. in his Ethics. Cf. CONSEQUENTIALISM.

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