Virtue Ethical Approach

There are many philosophical approaches to ethics that are utilized today; however, virtue ethics is one approach that can be examine; Virtue ethics is one philosophy that was developed by Aristotle and other ancient Greeks. Virtue ethics focuses on the quest to understanding and living a life of moral character. The heart of virtue ethics is the insight that what we do flows from who we are and therefore we need to culture a virtuous character if we are going to respond to situations morally. Virtue ethics accentuates personality; which focuses on how individual’s actions versus consequences. One way to look at virtue ethics is to analyze practicing being honest, brave, just, generous, so the person develops honorable and moral character

The four ways that individuals can approach a situation is The principle approach, the consequence approach, the virtue/character approach, and the moral sentiment approach. As a matter of fact, making decisions turns out to be easy to make when an individual know what approach they are using. Most of the decision that individuals make are based on their values and principles. In my opinion, as God’s creation made in his image, all man possesses a character like God. The two central attributes of God are his holiness (expressed in his justice) and his love. God is holy in nature, and he lives and operates by his own holy laws. He instructs all man to live according to his holy laws, and live justly. A person’s moral actions comes from within the person. The person displays good will and a social responsibility to do what is just and fair towards others. The Bible tells us to love one another as Christ has loved us. We are free to choose our action and how we conduct ourselves in this world. For example, the actions of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. They were perfect people who made a bad chose to disobey God. Their disobeyed effected the whole world which is the consequence of their sin. The Bible states, “so whoever knows the right thing to do, and fails to do it, for him it is sin. Adam and Eve sin made them immoral in the eyes of