The philosophical study or system of virtue and moral excellence, particularly virtue ethics; also called aretology.
From Greek 'arete' (excellence, virtue) + '-ics' (system or science). A scholarly term from classical philosophy that appears in 20th-century philosophical discourse about virtue-based ethics.
Ancient Greek philosophers obsessed over 'arete'—excellence—so much that modern philosophers created a whole English study called 'aretaics' to discuss their theories!
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