Sentence examples for virtuous acts from inspiring English sources

Apparently, "virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviours".

Like Aristotle, whose shade he revered, he believed in habituation to virtuous acts.

It seems to us, like most virtuous acts, the solicitousness of the government's sales policy transcends itself.

A critic might concede that in some cases virtuous acts can be described in Aristotle's terms.

On pain of infinite regress, therefore, extrinsically virtuous acts of will must ultimately lead back to an intrinsically virtuous act of will.

Those external goods that one can acquire in life are tools that help people perform virtuous acts; as such, they to be valued and sought (Poli. VIII 15 p393).

Every virtuous act is meant to glorify God.

You have to do it because it's the virtuous act for its own sake.

In other words, it costs wealthy people less to participate in the time-honored and virtuous act of giving.

No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as it is from our standpoint.

In order for an action to count as virtuous on Aristotle's picture, you have to do it knowing that it's the virtuous act.