The unethical individual makes himself a bad person. And he creates for himself bad circumstances. For as Aristotle had warned us, when we treat others badly we must always be concerned that they are out there in the world preparing to do harm to us in return. And in our concern to take the high road in life, we must be continually aware that everything counts. No action or decision is too small to be exempt from the moral perspective.
Nothing is insignificant.
The ubiquity of the ethical is mirrored by its accessibility. If then character is so important, if virtue is in principle available to us all, and if ethical action is the only foundation for secure and lasting success, we are naturally led to ask how can we move toward great ethical sensitivity in our own lives, and farther into deeper levels of character development. Our philosopher has an answer. For the frequent seeing, the frequent hearing of them little by little sinks into the heart and acquires the force of precepts. We become like the people we are around.