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Full Idea
The end of virtue is what is right and honourable ('kalon').
Gist of Idea
The end of virtue is what is right and honourable or fine
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1115b14)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.128
A Reaction
This wretched word 'kalon' (fine/beautiful/honourable) is at the heart of Aristotle's account, but many people think it is 'fine' for your family to avenge a murder, or to fearlessly commit a dangerous crime, or to be brazenly rude.