Full Idea
Being reasonably intelligent within a certain area of life is part of having almost any moral virtue.
Gist of Idea
Every moral virtue requires a degree of intelligence
Source
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski (Virtues of the Mind [1996], II 3.1)
Book Reference
Zagzebski,Linda: 'Virtues of the Mind' [CUP 1996], p.149
A Reaction
The fact that this bars persons of very limited intelligence from acquiring the Aristotelian virtues is one of the attractions of the Christian enjoinder to merely achieve 'love'. Anyone can have a warm heart. So is virtue elitist?