Tom Tomlinson | Caring for Risky Patients: Duty or Virtue
Tomlinson argues that we need to speak of virtues and ideals, not just duty and obligation, when discussing the treatment of potentially deadly diseases like SARS and AIDs. He presents four arguments for the limits of duty, all which fail to prescribe exactly what those limits are. The language of virtues and ideals offers a different vocabulary for understanding the ethics of caring for risky patients, emphasizing the value of altruism and the use of positive models rather than punishment.
-According to ___________, moral virtues require more than the application of a rule or performance of a particular action.

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Aristotle is known for his virtue ethics, which emphasize the importance of moral virtues and character, rather than just following rules or performing specific actions.