The system known as 'ethics of virtue' is associated with:

The system known as 'ethics of virtue' is associated with:

• A. Kant
• B. Aquinas
• C. Aristotle
• D. Hobbes

Answer: (C)

Virtue ethics concentrates on the kind of person you should be and the character traits you cultivate, rather than on applying a fixed set of rules in every situation. It holds that a good life comes from forming good habits and developing practical wisdom to judge how to act appropriately in varying circumstances. Central to this view is the idea of eudaimonia—flourishing or well-being achieved through virtuous living and thoughtful, reason-guided choices, rather than through merely following duties or rules. Aristotle is the philosopher most closely associated with this approach. He argues that moral virtues (like courage, temperance, and justice) are developed through habituation and that flourishing depends on finding the right mean between excess and deficiency for each trait, guided by practical wisdom. His framework is laid out in the Nicomachean Ethics, where virtue is about character and living well over the long term. Kant, in contrast, emphasizes duties and universal moral laws (a deontological approach). Hobbes focuses on social contract and political order rather than character formation. Aquinas integrates Aristotle’s ideas with Christian theology, incorporating virtue into a broader theological framework, but the tradition most directly identified with virtue ethics as a system is Aristotle’s.

Virtue ethics concentrates on the kind of person you should be and the character traits you cultivate, rather than on applying a fixed set of rules in every situation. It holds that a good life comes from forming good habits and developing practical wisdom to judge how to act appropriately in varying circumstances. Central to this view is the idea of eudaimonia—flourishing or well-being achieved through virtuous living and thoughtful, reason-guided choices, rather than through merely following duties or rules.

Aristotle is the philosopher most closely associated with this approach. He argues that moral virtues (like courage, temperance, and justice) are developed through habituation and that flourishing depends on finding the right mean between excess and deficiency for each trait, guided by practical wisdom. His framework is laid out in the Nicomachean Ethics, where virtue is about character and living well over the long term.

Kant, in contrast, emphasizes duties and universal moral laws (a deontological approach). Hobbes focuses on social contract and political order rather than character formation. Aquinas integrates Aristotle’s ideas with Christian theology, incorporating virtue into a broader theological framework, but the tradition most directly identified with virtue ethics as a system is Aristotle’s.