Virtue  ethics is a philosophy developed by Aristotle and other ancient Greeks. It is the quest to understand and live a life of moral character. Virtue ethics  is person rather than action based: it looks at the  virtue  or moral character of the person carrying out an action, rather than at ethical duties and rules, or the consequences of particular actions. The  Virtue Ethical Theories  hold that ethical value of an individual is determined by his  character . The character refers to the virtues, inclinations and intentions that dispose of a person to be ready to act ethically. Virtue Theory , which says that we ought to focus not on what rules to follow, but on whatkinds of people (or organizations !) we want to be, and what kinds of ethical examples we ought to follow;   A  virtue  is a  habit  or  quality  that allows individuals to succeed at their  purpose . Therefore, Virtue Ethics is only ...

Other deontological theories of ethics discussed here are  Natural Law Tradition and also Communitarianism . 1. Natural Law Tradition Natural law is a system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independent of positive law. According to natural law theory, all people have inherent rights, conferred not by act of legislation but by "God, nature, or reason." Natural law is a theory in  ethics  and  philosophy  that says that human beings possess intrinsic values that govern our reasoning and behavior. Natural law maintains that these rules of right and wrong are inherent in people and are not created by society or court judges. Laws of nature govern the activities of the universe, instruct emotions common to man, like love of offspring, self preservation etc ; Therefore –      All rational persons know what kind of actions morality prohibits,...

This  ethical theory  is most closely associated with German philosopher, Immanuel Kant.  In  Kantian  deontology, to be  ethical  is to follow one's duty by acting on only the rules which one can at the same time rationally will that those actions become universal laws, while in Aristotelian  virtue ethics , to be  ethical  is to develop and internalize  virtuous  habits until one fully becomes  virtuous  themselves. Kant's  theory is an  example  of a deontological moral theory–according to these theories, the rightness or wrongness of actions does not depend on their consequences but on whether they fulfill our duty.    “Nothing in this world- indeed nothing beyond the world- can possibly be conceived which could be called good without qualification except a goodwill “ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) - born in Königsberg East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Sought to answer the questio...