the.com/virtue ethics
forget the rulebook — just become the kind of person who wouldn't need one.
means an ethical framework judging actions by whether they express good character traits, rather than by rules or consequences.
from rooted in aristotle's nicomachean ethics, where he argued morality is about cultivating arete (excellence) through habit until virtuous action becomes second nature.
key termeudaimonia — flourishing, not just happiness
the meancourage sits between cowardice and recklessness
revivalanscombe relaunched it in 1958, bored of rule-obsession
not a checklistasks what a wise person would do, not what's allowed