Ogien defines "character broadly, [as] a certain way of acting or feeling that is consistent, that is- that is, stable over time and invariable from one situation to another. » (Ogien 123). For Aristotle, “virtue is a state of character linked to choice, situated in an average… in relation to us, this state being determined by… that principle by which the man of practical wisdom would determine… and acquired by repetition” ( Aristotle 124, 129). Mark Timmons, a moral philosopher, also makes a slight distinction between character and virtue by defining virtue as "(1) a relatively fixed character trait (2) generally involving dispositions to think, feel, and act in certain ways in certain circumstances, and (3) is a primary basis for judging the overall moral goodness or worth of persons” (Timmons 212). Finally, philosophers Tom Beauchamp and James Childress define virtue as “a character trait that has social value and moral virtue [as] a character trait that has moral value” (Beauchamp 31). Now, there are four reasons why I review the ways in which philosophers have defined virtue. (1) Show that Ogien criticizes virtue ethics without any definition of virtue. (2) Show that among philosophers (at least read this week) there is a commonality in defining virtue in one way or another as a fixed character. (3) Simply because a person possesses a certain character trait that does not