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Since virtue1 is concerned with feelings and actions, and since feelings and actions which are voluntary are praised or blamed, while those which are involuntary are pardoned and sometimes even pitied, it is (a) likewise necessary for those who examine virtue to specify what is voluntary and what is involuntary,2 and also (b) useful for legislators in bestowing honors and inflicting punishments.
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Apostle, H.G. (1980). Book Γ. In: The Nicomachean Ethics. Synthese Historical Library, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2303-0_3
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