Analysis Of Virtue Ethics By Julia Annas

Virtue Ethics as discussed by Julia Annas is based around the idea that people do things because they are right, rather than because they have to. The things that people do must be a virtue and not a habit. A habit is “someone’s character or source of action in the agent that bypass a person’s practical reasoning,” and a virtue is a “disproportion to act for reasons” and is built up by making choices and is used for future choices (516, Annas). People are to learn from experiences and society to grow and become a more virtuous person.

Dr. Thomas Stockmann’s decision based off of Virtue Ethics comes down to the want to help the people and keep his reputation of informing the public and have “right” on his side. By ignoring the bath problem,