Virtue Ethics And Utilitarianism Embraces The Greatest Number Of People

Virtue Ethics or Virtue Theory is an approach to ethics with the basis of an individual’s character as the main element of ethical thinking. “Character is virtue in action.”1 Deontological ethics or deontology is an approach that focuses on the right or wrong of actions and the consequences of those actions. Utilitarian ethics or Utilitarianism approaches ethics through the moral worth of an action which is solely determined by its contribution to overall utility in maximizing happiness or pleasure as among all people.2 Utilitarianism embraces the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Deontological and Utilitarian theories primarily aim to identify universal principles that can be applied in any moral situation, whereas