Morality was a key concern of Aristotle, who first studied questions such as “What is moral responsibility?” and “What does it take for a human being to be virtuous?” Are people born with ...

In a moral decision, we must consider the consequences of our action, our motives for doing the act and the circumstances surrounding the act. A truly human act requires that a person think about ...

Most economists don’t act as if monetary value is all that matters ... He wrote: “[P]utting a price on every human activity erodes certain moral and civic goods worth caring about. . . . Should sex be ...

reflective morality demands observation of particular ... of the factors in the situation--in the 'elements of a human act' --i.e., its totality of end, means, motive, and foreseeable consequences.

is not sufficient for judging the moral quality of a concrete choice… The morality of the human act depends primarily and fundamentally on the ‘object’ rationally chosen by the deliberate ...

Instead of viewing the act as an impersonal command ... He did not abandon his human emotions or moral spirit. Believing that ...

It's a useful theory since human beings are often ... who acts virtuously A person acts virtuously if they "possess and live the virtues" A virtue is a moral characteristic that a person needs ...