... purpose, and each thing aims at some good. The goodness of anything: including human beings, resides in its proper function. The proper function of human beings, and its moral excellence, resides in the active life of the rational element. Therefore, the good for human beings is an activity of the soul in conformity with excellence or virtue. Virtue can be defined as moral excellence and righteousness. It is only possible to be truly virtuous when you do ... what ought to be done in any situation and under any condition. For this very reason, only those who have been brought up with the...

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