Virtue is more than must knowing what the right way is to act. It is one thing to know what to do, but it is quite another matter altogether to summon the grit or will to do what is right, consistently, though it may cost one friendship and esteem from among the children of darkness.
Some know the wrong thing to do is morally repulsive but are militant about sinning because they enjoy acting that way. Others are weak and vacillating but know right from wrong, and still sin or at least refrain from doing what is correct and proper.
The good person wills himself to do what is right most of the time because he has a strong will and has disciplined himself to live in accordance with good habits. He consistently acts out what he knows is the right way to behave and proceed. He practices his accepted virtue, not just preach what he knows is the right action to engage in.
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