moral excellence
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Ren refers to moral excellence, whether in full or regarding specific characteristics or traits.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
In contrast to consequentialism or duty-based deontology, virtue ethics emphasizes virtues or moral excellence.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2019
Yet he and his father both questioned whether there would ever be a way to guarantee that moral excellence rose to the top in national politics.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2019
Bush’s “kinder, gentler nation,” Bill Clinton’s “putting people first,” George W. Bush’s “compassionate conservatism” and Barack Obama’s “change we can believe in” all aspired to moral excellence.
From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2017
Considering all these things, it is not surprising that many moralists should have regarded moral excellence as simply the highest form of beauty, and moral cultivation as the supreme refinement of taste.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
