We become builders by building and we become just by doing what is just. In the light of this statement what cannot be asserted?
AMan is a virtuous being
BVirtues are like skill
CSkills are acquired by performing relevant activity
DVirtue is a mechanical and non-ethical skill ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Virtue is a mechanical and non-ethical skill
Explanation
The claim that cannot be asserted is that virtue is a mechanical and non-ethical skill.
Saying we become just by doing just acts treats virtue as acquired through practice, like a skill.
So virtues resemble skills, and a person who forms them is a virtuous being.
A skill too is genuinely gained by repeatedly performing the relevant activity.
But the statement makes virtue an ethical excellence built by habit, never a mindless mechanical thing.
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