Character Ethics: What Makes A Good Person

The view I believe to be most correct is Character Ethics. This view point doesn’t focus on individual actions, it focuses on what kind of person those actions create. It also asks, what character traits make a good person. At the heart of this system of ethics are the virtues, a disposition of having the right feeling. These disposition follows the doctrine of the mean; the amount virtuous attitudes are dependent on the individual i.e. what is courageous is different for a firefighter compared to an elderly lady.
Where Character Ethics focuses on the goal of having a good overall character; Utilitarianism isn’t concerned about character. Utilitarianism only cares about the outcomes of actions and whether they increase overall happiness. Character