Virtue ethics emphasizes the importance of developing virtuous character traits, such as courage, honesty, and justice, as the foundation for ethical decision-making.

Aristotle believed that the ultimate goal of human life is eudaimonia, which is often translated as 'happiness' or 'flourishing'.

Aristotle argued that virtues are necessary for eudaimonia, but they are not sufficient because external factors, such as good fortune or bad luck, can also affect one's happiness.

Practical wisdom is a key virtue in virtue ethics because it enables us to make sound moral judgments and act in accordance with the virtues in a variety of situations.

The cardinal virtues in Aristotle's ethical theory are courage, temperance, justice, and prudence (practical wisdom). Wisdom is not a cardinal virtue, but it is considered to be the highest intellectual virtue.

Moral virtues, such as courage and honesty, are concerned with one's character and disposition, while intellectual virtues, such as wisdom and knowledge, are concerned with one's intellect and understanding.

Virtue ethics emphasizes the importance of practicing virtuous actions in order to develop virtuous character traits. This is because virtues are acquired through habit and repetition.

Virtue ethics recognizes that emotions can play a role in moral decision-making by providing information about the situation and one's own values and priorities.

While virtue ethics has been criticized for being too vague and subjective, ignoring the importance of consequences, and neglecting social justice, it is not typically criticized for being incompatible with modern moral dilemmas.

Virtue ethics is a distinct ethical theory that can be combined with elements of deontology and consequentialism, but it is not incompatible with either of these theories.

Helping a friend in need is an example of a virtuous action because it demonstrates the virtue of kindness and compassion.

Moral exemplars play an important role in virtue ethics by providing a model of virtuous behavior that we can imitate, helping us to understand the nature of virtues and vices, and inspiring us to strive for moral excellence.

Patience is not typically discussed as a virtue in virtue ethics, although it may be considered a related concept to virtues such as temperance and fortitude.

Virtue ethics is compatible with both moral particularism, which emphasizes the importance of context and particular circumstances in moral decision-making, and moral universalism, which emphasizes the importance of universal moral principles.

Virtue ethics faces a number of challenges, including defining virtues and vices in a way that is universally agreed upon, balancing competing virtues when they conflict with each other, and applying virtues to new and complex moral situations.