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virtue-based

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virtue-based [vir´choo-bāsd]
a concept of bioethics that emphasizes the agents who act and make choices. People acting in this manner often do not simply follow rules blindly; they have a moral desire to act the way they do. How one does what one does is as important as what one does. There is some circularity to the logic of virtue ethics, however: the moral, good act is considered to be one done by a virtuous person, and the virtuous person is considered to be one who does moral, good acts. To overcome this difficulty and to avoid moral subjectivism and emotivism, thinkers use principles as groundings for virtue ethics.
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These I have grouped here into three main streams: one which draws upon critical theory, articulated for instance by Jurgen Habermas; one that has its roots in American pragmatism, and whose sources include Dewey and James; and one that traces its ancestry to the virtue-based ethical thought of Aristotle, filtered through modern writers like Arendt or Barber.
The public administrator as collaborative citizen: three conceptions by Smith, Neale / Public Administration Quarterly
In reviewing Talmudic and medieval commentaries on the contrasting careers of David and Saul, Carmy argues for a broad, virtue-based understanding of "character" and points out the difficulty of separating private and public aspects of character in political leaders.
Ethical issues in U.S. presidential leadership by Fousek, John; Wasserman, David / Presidential Studies Quarterly
This virtue-based approach to the ethical enterprise is employed by many scholars to investigate the moral dimensions of Israel's sapiential material, particularly the book of Proverbs.
What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens? The moral vision of the ... by Ansberry, Christopher B. / Hebrew Studies Journal
 
 
 
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