“But habits get you only half the way there. According to Aristotle, habits paved the way for the eventual development of character (in Greek, ethos). To express a virtuous character, a person must engage in rational and deliberative choice, and then act upon the choice: “Acts that are incidentally virtuous [should be] distinguished from those that are done knowingly, of choice, and by a virtuous disposition” (Aristotle, 2004, p.”
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The Art and Science of Personality Development
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