The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Faculty of Online and Distance Education

Institute of Distance Education

Subject

ETHICS

Lecture 04 Virtue Ethics

What are the 3 types of virtue?

There are three main strands of development for virtue ethics: Eudaimonism, agent-based
theories and the ethics of care.

Virtue Ethics
Instead of asking what is the right action here and now, virtue ethics asks what kind of person
one should be in order to get it right all the time personally as well as professionally.

What is the difference between virtue and duty ethics?

Virtue ethics define good actions, encompassing virtuous character traits, e.g. loyalty. On the
other hand, duty ethics points out that acts are wrong or right because of what they are, and
regardless of the consequence, one should act accordingly. Duty ethics is about doing, while
virtue ethics is about being.

Honesty, courage, compassion, generosity, fidelity, integrity, fairness, self-control, and prudence
are all examples of virtues.

What is the difference between deontology and virtue ethics?

Deontology is focused on the means and mindset of the person who is doing the action,
specifically with the relationship between a person and their duties/obligations. In virtue ethics,
one understands and becomes virtuous by finding the golden mean between vices of excess and
deficiency.

https://iep.utm.edu/virtue/
https://sevenpillarsinstitute.org/ethics-101/moral-traditions/