Virtue Ethics Disregarded Moral Theory

Developed by Aristotle, virtue ethics presents an agent-centered moral theory based on virtues and what it entails for an individual to act virtuously. Since its development, virtue ethics has been criticized due to its agent-centeredness and the possible lack of guidance it provides on how the agent ought to act. Robert Louden argued that virtue ethics as a moral theory should be overlooked as it is unable to fully tell individuals how they should act. The aim of this essay will be to show that despite its lack of action-guidance, virtue ethics should not be disregarded as a moral theory as its agent-centeredness and lack of rigidity make it a more realistically applicable moral theory as opposed to rivaling moral theories. The central element