Virtue ethics

• Struggles to come up with a clear response

  e/g for murder - if a man has lived a virtuous life before the crime, is he still a virtuous man?
• Does not look at just a person's actions but at the person's life as well
• Not explicit on what makes a virtue

  Is it justice or revenge?
• Does not answer conflicts about what actions are virtuous

  e/g an executioner - a virtuous person would not murder a helpless individual
• Not discussed by Aristotle

  was a common practise in society
• What is justice about?

  Rectifying and balancing the distribution of gain and loss between two people e/g kill the murderer to rectify the balance between them and the victim
• How can we assume Aristotle would agree to this view?

  His view on voluntary actions - we are responsible