VIRTUE ETHICS AND ABORTION
The theory of virtue ethics focuses on an individual’s character and personality as a contributing factor to moral or ethical thinking. This theory does not look at the rules that have been put in place which require an individual to act in a particular way in accordance with those rules so that a positive consequence is produced. Instead, it looks at character, i.e. whether one portrays the required virtues of moral philosophy. Aristotle was the major contributor to this theory. He stated that for an individual to be virtuous, he/she must have individual traits within themselves that portray ...
