Virtue Ethics, Old and New"There are grounds for saying that contemporary work in virtue ethics is, if not quite in its theoretical infancy, at least not far out of diapers. And this suggests that we should be gentle and nurturing, allowing it time to flourish before coming to any definitive verdict on its merits. However, it is hard to deny that modern day virtue ethics is part of a long, sophisticated and fairly continuous tradition. Not only does the approach have origins