... . Such ethical practices demonstrates a virtuous ethical system perspective also referred to as virtue ethics by Athanassoulis Nafsika in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy as "a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one's duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. A virtue ethicist is likely to give you ... ...

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... be contrasted or combined with seeing intentions, virtues or the compliance with rules as ethically important. Many forms of utilitarianism have been put forth and debated since times of ancient philosophy however the more modern and well known theory is most often associated with the British philosopher John Stuart Mill (1806- 1873) who developed the theory from a plain hedonistic version put ... ...

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