Aristotle defined virtue as a quality of character that makes for a life well lived.

But disinterested isn't a word that comes up much when we try to define political virtue.

Aristotle's Golden Mean defines moral virtue as a middle state determined practical wisdom that emphasizes moderation and temperance.

As critic Margaret Croskery writes, Haywood "refuses to define female sexual virtue in terms of chastity or a victimized sexual objecthood.

Meyer's concern was that to give the state the power to define virtue is to have no standard for virtue at all.

"How do you define virtue?"

Meno seems to commit two fallacies when trying to define virtue.

Every culture defines virtue almost exclusively as pro-social behavior, and vice as antisocial behavior.

Moreover, she defines virtue in such a way that it applies to both sexes.

Aristotle defined virtue as the mean between extremes.