But there are examples in modern history of whole societies falling under the influence and control of a mechanism whose aim is to dictate every aspect of life after an image of absolute virtue, and in doing so to produce a mountain of corpses.
According to Railton, the latter provide "explanatory information" in virtue of conveying information about some limited portion or aspect of the ideal text and are explanatory in virtue of doing so.
As Cain Todd (2012) argues, the awareness of fictionality of sexual representations ensures that one's imaginative engagement implies merely imagined "desire-like" states, whereas the voyeuristic appreciation of a stripper's erotic dance seems to preclude this sort of engagement, and in virtue of doing so, involves real sexual desire.
The virtue that is celebrated in morality is that virtue of doing what you're supposed to do, not what is good for you economically or consequentially.
But at last night's debate, Huntsman neither stood up for science as a virtue in itself, nor did he courageously stand behind his criticism of the rest of the field.
People in the business say it is easy to persuade chief executives of the virtues of doing white-collar work in India, but rather harder to convert those who must actually execute the change—"the people whose world you're going to shrink," as Mr Roy calls them.
In short, the human virtues of "doing good deeds and giving to charity" are universally advocated values, as well as value orientations common to different ethnic cultures.
In their attempt to sell newspapers and build ratings the major media outlets have accentuated Sarah Palin's so-called virtues, and in so doing made her more appealing than the reality of her public and personal life.
I do think that someone in the name of virtue can do terrible damage, for entirely virtuous reasons.
In other words, in virtue of what does a word (of the referring sort) attach to a particular object/individual?
