Personal Excellence

The Greek moral concept of arete denotes human or personal excellence. I suggest that the best way to achieve this is through maverization. Now, one could be a brilliant poet and a serial killer, or a writer that is a bank robber, but, ordinarily, anyone focused enough, disciplined enough and industrious enough to exact excellence from the self while performing, would be a ethical person.

His purpose is to be all that he can be, and realize his potential, so arete may well describe how he behaves, works, creates, loves and exists.