Emphasizing virtue as the foundation of true joy, Jeffrey Rosen — president and CEO of the National Constitution Center — discussed the pursuit of happiness in his forum on Jan. 28.

Virtue ethics is person rather than action based. It looks at the moral character of the person carrying out an action. A right act is the action a virtuous person would do in the same ...

How can we reduce interracial prejudice? A new study in The Journal of Positive Psychology has developed a novel approach using ideas about virtue. Their findings are preliminary but encouraging.