Full Idea
An individual distinctive excellence is attached to the name of the function (e.g. a good 'harpist').
Clarification
'Excellence' here is the Greek word 'areté', which also translates as 'virtue'
Gist of Idea
Each named function has a distinctive excellence attached to it
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1098a09)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.76
A Reaction
This is the core idea of Aristotle's metaethics. It seems hard to deny that a function implies the values of success and failure. The debate is likely to focus on the exact meaning of 'distinctive'.