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Ideas for Lawrence B. Lombard, Richard Taylor and Lars Svendsen

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

5076	To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function [Taylor,R]
	Full Idea: To the Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function.
	From: Richard Taylor (Virtue Ethics: an Introduction [2002], Ch.10)
	A reaction: A problem case might be a work of art, but one might reply that there is no obvious perfection there because there is no clear function. For artefacts and organisms the principle seems very good. But 'Is the Cosmos good?'