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So the ready disposition to keep these passions in their proper role is an essential element of a virtuous character and life.
It is of course the writer's curse that what girds a virtuous character too often undermines a literary effort.
Developing good taste is, for Shaftesbury, a duty in the same way that developing a virtuous character is.
He was a virtuous character trying to break out of the cycle of deprivation and violence and he did.
The "many" suppose that having a virtuous character requires more than knowledge, because knowledge does not guarantee that one will act on one's knowledge and do the virtuous action.
For Aristotelians, humans achieve this end or telos of flourishing by having a virtuous character.
And they attain a virtuous character through practicing the virtues---such as justice and courage.
I read the Bible and loved Proverbs 31, which praised a woman for her virtuous character, not her good looks.
Aristotle's view, on the other hand, is usually considered a paradigm example of a "virtue ethics", an ethical theory that gives priority to virtuous character.
It strikes me that a list of virtuous characters would be a far more challenging proposition.
Both Plato and Aristotle argue that virtuous character requires a distinctive combination of cognitive and affective elements.
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