Aristotle's Virtue Ethical Theory

Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach that emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism). What distinguishes virtue ethics from the other theories is the centrality of virtue within the theory. Whereas consequentialists will define virtues as traits that yield good consequences and deontologists will define them as traits possessed by those who reliably fulfill their duties, virtue ethicists will resist the attempt to define virtues in terms of some other concept that is taken to be more fundamental. Rather, virtues and vices

Since virtue can be said to be a specific individual character, Aristotle also defines the virtue of justice as the character of justice, with which citizens act justly and desire to do what is just. The virtue of justice is also an individual ethical virtue, differing from others for it is at the same time a social ethic. We can call the virtue of justice a "non-individual individual ethical

Aristotle was of the opinion that this form of justice is the most powerful law to prevent any revolution, as this justice believes in proper and proportionate allocation of offices, honors, goods and services as per their requirement being a citizen of the state. Distributive justice accords goods and honor proportionately, giving to those who deserve the most. In some instances, a just distribution is one in which each person shares equally, but in others, unequal sharing is just if the inequality is in accord with some principle of distribution. The distributive justice is comparative, in that it considers not the absolute amount of benefits and burdens of each person but each person’s amount relative to that of others. It is also known as Economic