#Virtue Ethics

Virtue ethics is the moral inspection device invented to judge the actor’s character rather than the outcome. It praises motives but frowns instantly at poor results—an art of contradiction. It lauds the golden mean yet scorns extreme moderation as the greatest vice. In the end, it is merely an extension of salon culture where people bestow “good person” titles on each other. Example: He helped a stranger, but because it was halfhearted, the virtue ethicist sneered.