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virtue ethics

virtue ethics noun: one of the three major approaches to normative ethics, emphasizing the role of one's character and the virtues that one's character embodies for determining or evaluating ethical behavior.

Noun

virtue ethics (uncountable)

  1. One of the three major approaches to normative ethics, emphasizing the role of one's character and the virtues that one's character embodies for determining or evaluating ethical behavior.

virtue ethics meaning in Tamil

virtue ethics in Tamil

விழும அறம்

Questions about virtue ethics

What does virtue ethics mean?
Virtue ethics means one of the three major approaches to normative ethics, emphasizing the role of one's character and the virtues that one's character embodies for determining or evaluating ethical behavior.
What is virtue ethics in Tamil?
Virtue ethics in Tamil is விழும அறம். See Virtue ethics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is virtue ethics?
Virtue ethics is a noun.

Words near virtue ethics in the dictionary

  1. virtuates
  2. virtuating
  3. virtue
  4. virtue ethicist
  5. virtue ethicists
  6. virtue ethics
  7. Virtue is her own reward
  8. virtue is its own reward
  9. virtue name
  10. virtue names
  11. virtue signal

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