Virtue ethics influences behavior by helping individuals make informed moral decisions which will affect the way individuals relate to one another, and as a result, they will have fulfilling lives. Virtue ethics is a moral theory that is used to make moral decisions based on what a good or virtuous person would do. The decision to act does not depend on consequences, culture, religion, rules, or society like deontological or teleological ethics. Unlike the other theories, the acts rely on being rather than doing; in other words, virtuous acts are the result of the character and identity of an individual rather than the consequences, or lack of, of their actions. A virtue ethicist is likely to give someone this kind of moral advice: “Act
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Virtues are something that are acquired throughout life by experience; they are not innate, so practice improves the virtue as a skill. The virtues will become a habit with practice as skills improve because the results of such acts are fulfilling and in turn make for a prosperous well being. For example, a person who has gained confidence is said to be courageous because he or she acts that way in all situations; their confidence was fulfilling to their purpose and so the skill continued to improve, because of positive feedback, until the confidence became a habit. Gotsis and Grimani (2015) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens found that businesses are using virtue ethics to improve on better behavior in their organizations and society. Managers and leaders that display virtuous acts to their employees will receive positive feedback in the employees attitude which will also cause the employees to act virtuously and vice versa. It is a continuous cycle that will increase the common good in people and make them into better …show more content…
Many of these virtues can be traced back to Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics with an emphasis on the goodness of an individual's character. Virtues are a mean between two vices. Individuals perform virtuous acts, which are learned and not innate, because it causes a sense of happiness which leads to a fulfilling life. Through habituation, a person changes and who he or she is will influence what he or she does. Since a virtuous character is one that develops over time in response to self reflection and external influences, relying on one's own incomplete experiences may not always be the case to make a moral
Virtues are something that are acquired throughout life by experience; they are not innate, so practice improves the virtue as a skill. The virtues will become a habit with practice as skills improve because the results of such acts are fulfilling and in turn make for a prosperous well being. For example, a person who has gained confidence is said to be courageous because he or she acts that way in all situations; their confidence was fulfilling to their purpose and so the skill continued to improve, because of positive feedback, until the confidence became a habit. Gotsis and Grimani (2015) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens found that businesses are using virtue ethics to improve on better behavior in their organizations and society. Managers and leaders that display virtuous acts to their employees will receive positive feedback in the employees attitude which will also cause the employees to act virtuously and vice versa. It is a continuous cycle that will increase the common good in people and make them into better …show more content…
Many of these virtues can be traced back to Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics with an emphasis on the goodness of an individual's character. Virtues are a mean between two vices. Individuals perform virtuous acts, which are learned and not innate, because it causes a sense of happiness which leads to a fulfilling life. Through habituation, a person changes and who he or she is will influence what he or she does. Since a virtuous character is one that develops over time in response to self reflection and external influences, relying on one's own incomplete experiences may not always be the case to make a moral