Virtue ethics is person rather than action based. It looks at the moral character of the person carrying out an action. A right act is the action a virtuous person would do in the same circumstances.

Born Again," Matt Murdock uses the language of virtue ethics to defend a client accused of murder. Does he have a good case?

By using the phrase “the type of man,” Matt invokes the school of moral philosophy known as virtue ethics, which focuses on a person’s fundamental moral qualities. According to virtue ethics ...