Ethics (virtue ethics)
Virtue ethics (aka eudaimonism) describe the character of a moral agent as a driving force for ethical behaviour. It focusses on the individual. It holds that the proper goal of human life is eudaimonia (aka the good life). By contrast, note that existentialism rejects happiness as a bourgeois fantasy.
This contrasts with:-
This contrasts with:-
- Deontology (which is focussed on rules)
- Consequentialism (which is focussed on outcomes)
- Pragmatism (which is focussed on social context)
