Virtue ethics, rooted in Aristotelian philosophy, emphasises the development of individual character and the cultivation of virtues as central to moral conduct. In the context of business ethics, this ...

Bad leaders fall into two general categories, the incompetent and the immoral. Incompetent leaders are unable to keep their teams engaged and productive, either because they can’t articulate a vision, ...

Our colleague Shannon Vallor, associate professor and chair of Santa Clara University’s Philosophy department (and an MCAE faculty scholar), has an upcoming book due to be published in August by ...

The goal of this essay is to set forth the ethical teaching of al-Fārābī and of Ibn Sīna. However, because their writings and their philosophy are not well-known to us, it seems appropriate to move ...

Aristotle famously distinguishes between merely doing a virtuous action and acting in the way in which a virtuous person would. Against an interpretation prominent in recent scholarship, I argue that ...

As is often noted, piety is not among the list of moral and intellectual virtues mentioned by Aristotle in the Ethics. I argue that this is neither an oversight on Aristotle’s part nor a subtle way ...

Jane Austen and Dorothy Sayers understood the virtue of chastity as central to personal integrity and the foundation for true charity. Both recognised that love, unregulated by virtue, could lead to ...

Virtue ethics can be particularly helpful for any kind of leadership because they nurture the formation of character, the lasting habits of the heart and mind necessary to effect positive change in ...

In the second episode of the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again, Hector Ayala comes upon a man being beaten by two others in a subway station. Ayala rushes to his defense, and in the ensuing fight ...