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Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is virtuous.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
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Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
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