Virtue ethics: Beyond moral theory

Abstract

In December 2013, a 52 year old man and a practising Jehovah’s Witness was admitted to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (CHBAH), Soweto, Johannesburg. This is the third largest hospital in the world, providing medical services to a community of more than one million local residents.1 It has the busiest internal medicine unit in South Africa with 833 beds and a staff comprised of 133 doctors.2Â