In short, German leaders have practiced stakeholder capitalism and followed the century-old wisdom of Henry Ford, while American business and political leaders have dismantled the dynamics of the "virtuous circle" in pursuit of downsizing, offshoring and short-term profit and big dividends for their investors.
We cannot expect high civility from our national leaders or our own public discourse until we return to the high pursuit of virtuous leading and living.
The now ex-champion, I have always contended, has the frame of a light-heavyweight, on which — by exercise, a virtuous life, and an intensive pursuit of sleep — he has packed another dozen pounds or so of muscle.
In addition to developing clear guidance of how to gain redemption in the afterlife, religious law (sharî'a) also aims at creating an environment that allows each individual wellbeing and the pursuit of a virtuous and pious lifestyle.
Recent articles have suggested that the use of cognitive enhancement as a facilitator, in adjunction with moral and epistemic virtues, may make the pursuit of a virtuous life, with morally responsible judgements, more achievable [ 31].
This analysis is particularly important in the context of this article, as doctors, perhaps more so than other people, are ultimately reliant on the pursuit of a virtuous life.
His most-beloved films, many of which were made during the Great Depression, were patriotic, sentimental celebrations of virtuous everymen who selflessly speak truth to power in pursuit of the common good.
For eudaimonist philosophers, there ought to be no conflict between altruism and the pursuit of one's own happiness, for the virtuous person is necessarily altruistic.
Since Aristotle thinks that the pursuit of one's own happiness, properly understood, requires ethically virtuous activity and will therefore be of great value not only to one's friends but to the larger political community as well, he argues that self-love is an entirely proper emotion provided it is expressed in the love of virtue (IX.8).
