The sort of ethical theory derived from Aristotle, variously described as virtue ethics, virtue-
based ethics, or neo-Aristotelianism, is becoming better known, and is now quite widely …

Virtue ethics is not by definition naturalistic. It would surely be surprising if it were; most
ethical theories are compatible with different positions about their relation to the world. I take …

In his 1988 paper (reprinted in this volume), David Solomon argues that'the most striking
feature of virtue ethics is the near universality of its rejection in contemporary ethical theory …

For many years the subject of the virtues and vices was strangely neglected by moralists
working within the school of analytic philosophy. The tacitly accepted opinion was that a …

Tt is common knowledge by now that recent phil-^ osophical and theological writing about
ethics reveals a marked revival of interest in the virtues. But what exactly are the distinctive …

One common objection to virtue ethics is that it is" not applicable"; it is, allegedly, a theory
which is too vague for us to apply it to the actual world. There is a quick response to this: we …

In the ancient world, virtue ethics was the dominant form of ethics, but in modern times, and
until fairly recently, virtue ethics was largely forgotten in favor of other approaches to morality …

Virtue ethicists seem confronted with the following problem. Traits of character consist in
dispositions of regard, response, and choice that have objects, and whether a trait is virtuous …

Virtue ethics is standardly taught and discussed as a distinctive approach to the major
questions of ethics, a third major position alongside Utilitarian and Kantian ethics. I argue …

It is common knowledge by now that recent philosophical and theological writing about
ethics reveals a marked revival of interest in the virtues. But what exactly are the distinctive …