Suppose there is a country, called in this article country X, where women are considered to be of the inferior sex. As a result, women do not enjoy the rights and freedoms enjoyed by their male counterparts. For example, they have no control over the social, political or economic sectors of their lives and receive very limited education. A resident of Country Drawing on Rosalind Hursthouse's views regarding virtue ethics and abortion, and applying her ideas to the aforementioned scenario, we can assess how virtue theory would approach this particular moral issue. Hursthouse's theory, applied to this scenario, should withstand criticism without weakening its application to morality. Abortion, when approached with the “right attitude” and performed for the right reasons given the circumstances, can be the morally right action to take. Virtue ethics, as defined by Hursthouse, connects the idea of ​​right action to that of a virtuous agent. . An action is right if a virtuous agent, one who knows and practices the virtues, would perform it in that context. She clarifies what we mean by “virtues,” describing them as characteristics one needs to live a good or “flourishing” life. (249) With reference to abortion in particular, she asserts that the virtuous or vicious character of the act must in any case be determined by asking three questions. First, what are the determining facts (both biological and emotional) and does the woman have the “right attitude” toward them? Then, what kind of life is...... middle of paper ...... the standard of living and the invocation of wisdom and benevolence. Even if her action is morally right, this does not mean that abortion is an act without injustice. Hursthouse calls this injustice a “moral failure.” (262) In this case, this would be attributed to the society of Country X, which has allowed the killing of a human fetus to be morally preferable to its birth. Works Cited Hursthouse, Rosalind. “Virtue Theory and Abortion.” Ethical Theory: A Concise Anthology. Ed. Heimir Geirsson and Margaret R. Holmgren. Broadview Press: Mississauga, Ontario, 2000, p. 247-267. Print.Warriner, Jennifer. PHIL 120W: Introduction to moral philosophy. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. November 18, 2013. Classroom lessons. Warriner, Jennifer. PHIL 120W: Introduction to moral philosophy. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. November 20, 2013. Lecture.