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Full Idea
According to virtue ethics, in a given situation two different agents may do what is right, what gets a tick of approval, despite the fact that each fails to do what the other did.
Gist of Idea
According to virtue ethics, two agents may respond differently, and yet both be right
Source
Rosalind Hursthouse (On Virtue Ethics [1999], Ch.3)
Book Ref
Hursthouse,Rosalind: 'On Virtue Ethics' [OUP 2001], p.69
A Reaction
You could certainly have great respect for two entirely different decisions about a medical dilemma, if they both showed integrity and good will, even if one had worse consequences than the other.
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