Virtue ethics, rooted in Aristotelian philosophy, emphasises the development of individual character and the cultivation of virtues as central to moral conduct. In the context of business ethics, this ...

What is the point of ethics? Is it to understand what moral rules or principles we ought to follow? Is it to understand the nature of right and wrong? Is it to come up with a foolproof definition of ...

For the Ancient Greeks, virtue was the most important quality a person could have, and being virtuous was the absolute goal ...

If you are involved in collecting and analysing data, or developing or applying algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) applications, you probably want to do so responsibly. You can turn to ...

According to qualified-agent virtue ethics, an action is right if and only if it is what a virtuous agent would characteristically do in the circumstances. I discuss two closely related objections to ...

When Lockheed Martin “hired” Dilbert in 1997, it was as a test pilot of sorts. Not for the defense giant’s airplanes, but for its evolving ethics program. Dilbert and his comic-strip pals were used in ...

An appreciation of the virtues one wishes to embody can help to navigate the complex ethical dilemmas physicians may face during the COVID-19 crisis. Approximately 2000 years ago, the ancient Greek ...

This essay reconsiders Clifford Simak’s Way Station as a nuanced exploration of environmental virtue ethics, challenging the conventional view of Simak’s ideology as conservative. It argues that Simak ...

Ann Mongoven is the associate director of health care ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Rage often has been a powerful motivator and constructive force for social ...