Add to ORKGVirtue ethics emphasizes the development of moral excellence in terms of character qualities called virtues. Virtue are (1) habituated dispositions involving both an affective desire for the good and the skill to both discern and act accordingly; (2) learned through practice within a tradition (i.e., a historical community with a rich account of the good ); and (3) directed toward this tradition\u27s particular conception of the good (making virtues teleological ). From a Christian perspective, virtue ethics is an ethics of discipleship, which emphasizes the development of the habits, practices, and wisdom necessary to pursue the good exemplified by Christ. Reading Scripture in such a practice: disciples are formed by reading with more ...