This is why some say that all the virtues are forms of practical wisdom, and why Socrates in one respect was on the right track while in another he went astray. . . . All men, then, seem somehow to divine that this kind of state is virtue, viz. But we must go a little further. Virtue Ethics cannot supply very much useful advice on practical moral questions. Even the best person can make wrong choices.
Some prohibitions are absolute.
Need some way to assess which ones are morally good and which ones are not. Attempts to Formulate the Principles Implicitly Guiding the Virtuous Person 1. The Two Versions of the Golden Rule 2. Act on maxims that can be universalized without contradiction. In a Collective Action Problem, Don't Freeride on the Cooperation of Others.