Abstract

1.1 There are those who complain that discussions of ‘moral goodness’ neglect the topic of virtue. We have no reason to quarrel with this, as a statement of fact. As a complaint, however, we can find fault with it. And do. There are substantial reasons for virtue’s disappearance from the agenda of ethical discourse. Nevertheless, we shall find cause for continuing our use of the term, but without some of its accumulated baggage.