What is virtue? A virtue is thought to be a good character trait. Aristotle thought that virtue was crucial for a well-lived life. He thought virtue was skill at living. Aristotle's doctrine of the golden mean said that for every virtue there was two vices, one for both extremes. Ken introduces Julia Driver, professor at Dartmouth. Would Aristotle say that suicide bombers are virtuous? Aristotle thought you had to act for good ends in order to be virtuous. Virtue ethicists think that there is no need for moral rules. Driver thinks that virtues are character traits that result in good consequences, which is a unique position.

肯指出，我们责备人们的主要原因是暴露了他们的性格。我们更关心角色还是行动?德赖弗认为亚里士多德的美德观有太多的心理要求。亚里士多德认为骄傲是一种美德。许多人认为，要想行为高尚，行为主体必须深思熟虑，并锻炼自我控制能力。Driver认为这个想法是错误的。肯说美德似乎并不是善良的全部。现代伦理学倾向于假设“我应该做什么?”这个问题只有一个正确答案。在每一种情况下。所有伦理理论家都会同意，很难知道该做什么。

道德伦理如何帮助我们思考战争这样的情况?美德在道德推理中的作用是什么?意志薄弱和美德之间有什么联系?最重要的美德是什么?亚里士多德认为有女人的美德和男人的美德。Driver认为这是一个坏主意，因为人们认为女人不如男人完美。

• Roving Philosophical Report(Seek to 04:40): Amy Standen talks to John Langan, Jesuit priest and philosopher at Georgetown University, about virtue and reflects on virtue as it appears in the movie Lawrence of Arabia.

• Sixty Second Philosopher(Seek to 49:56): Ian Shoales surveys the history of virtue from Aristotelian arête to the culture wars.