Sentence examples similar to virtuous undertaking from inspiring English sources
Outwardly virtuous conduct undertaken in the name of personal happiness might, if wrongly motivated, be incompatible with genuine virtue.
Clearly, when measurable results are achieved, it can feedback into a virtuous circle of then undertaking additional activities or at least acting as a catalyst to become a 'champion' to then encourage other SMEs to adopt similar measures [24].
Aristotle would be on stronger grounds if he could show that in the absence of close friends one would be severely restricted in the kinds of virtuous activities one could undertake.
That we can choose either to accept or ignore this purification is confirmed by the saint's many exhortations that we freely undertake the virtuous path".
This undertaking appealed, not the least because I felt virtuous after doing nothing more than visiting Catalogchoice.org to type in the name of every catalog that I never again wanted to find in my mailbox.
Although Aristotle argues for the superiority of the philosophical life in X.7 8, he says in X.9, the final chapter of the Ethics, that his project is not yet complete, because we can make human beings virtuous, or good even to some small degree, only if we undertake a study of the art of legislation.
In turn, it is presumed that these winners undertake their achievements by actions that merit praise or are virtuous.
For Alcibiades doesn't try to win Socrates' love by undertaking the difficult task of self-transformation required to become a more virtuous, and so more truly beautiful and lovable, person.
Analysts of Chinese politics note that its top brass sometimes undertake public shows of humility (visiting peasant hovels and so on) in deference to old notions of virtuous leadership.
