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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Most of the unlikeable people in power got there via unscrupulous means and they're still in power because everyone else is too 'virtuous' to take them down.
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If virtue is nothing more than a tool for social power, then we should admire and emulate those who are "unscrupulous" and powerful, since they were able to achieve the beneficial outcome (power) without the personal constraint (virtue).
If it's true that social power is the only real benefit of virtue, then the powerful and immoral person has the most praiseworthy life.