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Full Idea
To the Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function.
Gist of Idea
To Greeks it seemed obvious that the virtue of anything is the perfection of its function
Source
Richard Taylor (Virtue Ethics: an Introduction [2002], Ch.10)
Book Ref
Taylor,Richard: 'Virtue Ethics: an Introduction' [Prometheus 2002], p.61
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?'