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Virtue Ethics Paper

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Virtue ethics “sometimes called character ethics, represents the idea that individuals’ actions are based upon a certain degree of innate moral virtue” (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2013, p. 48). There are no principles or rules to follow in virtue (p. 48). They are “wisdom, courage, temperance, justice, generosity, faith, hope, and charity” (p. 48). Unlike Deontology and utilitarianism, virtue ethic “provides guidelines that seek the morally correct solution” verses “deontology and utilitarianism conceive of the demands of morality similarly” (p. 48).
In virtue ethics morality are based on the character of persons and rules to follow. The person will logically choose the morally right decision (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2013). The captain would have
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