ABSTRACT
The majority of virtue theorists have taken their cue from Aristotle. By contrast, I will be working with a consequentialist virtue theory, which defines virtues exclusively in terms of dispositions producing beneficial consequences. While consequentialist virtue theories are not altogether without proponents, they are also not the norm, which is why I will be outlining the relevant type of consequentialism, starting, in section 17.2, with David Hume’s virtue theory. I start with Hume not because he is right about the relationship between virtue and consequences, but because the manner in which he is wrong points us toward a more plausible theory.
