Question: What do you think of virtue ethics compared with other positions we have studied? Does Foot take the ancients further along in ethics? How does Dr. Pellegrino's theory on professional medical ethics use virtue theory in the practice of medicine? How does Pellegrino's theory incorporate and use Aristotle's Golden Mean? How would Pellegrino morally assess a health care professional who works constant, long shifts, gives up break time to work with patients, and functions on very little sleep? Is the virtuous behavior? How does Pellegrino's theory both incorporate and move beyond the ethics of duty?