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All three companies tapped into a zeitgeist, but appear to have forgotten that products have to offer consumers more than a feeling of virtuousness to build an enduring business.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
23 May 2026 -
Virtue ethics, attributed to Aristotle, focuses on which character traits make one a good person, such as emulating virtuousness embodied by role models.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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Even more goodness to check out!—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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There’s more than one way to eat a burger, and thank goodness for that.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026
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Her doggedness, maybe her righteousness too, a fierce myopic focus and will, and a crazy confidence that in the end, both have nothing to lose.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
15 June 2026
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Pratt’s main character energy proved attractive to (primarily out-of-state) donors as well as meme makers, who gravitated to his blend of righteousness and rage as well as irreverence.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2026
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Building a reputation for trustworthiness and fairness through transparent actions and accountability also helps reinforce one’s incorruptibility.—
Nancy Pulciano,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2026
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While critics say these changes are merely cosmetic, many ordinary Bangladeshis have been sold on the veneer of incorruptibility that comes from a theological under-pinning.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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This is not about right or left, MAGA or non-MAGA, but about basic human decency — the kind of decency so much of Jim Handy’s work was informed by.—
Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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To then have individuals exploit that tragedy for personal gain demonstrates a complete disregard for basic human decency.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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What is too often missing is the reminder that integrity isn’t new either.—
David Mica,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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To protect the integrity of the investigative process, the center does not comment on specific investigations, spokesperson Allyson Neville said.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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The genus name nods to Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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The genus name references Sir Galahad, the Arthurian knight known for his moral uprightness, reflecting the animal’s upright stance — a posture that set it apart from its modern, sprawling relatives.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Specifically saying these white, thin, traditionally feminine bodies are not just aspirational but symbols of morality, tradition, purity.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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One story challenges the notion that contact with another species is likely to lead to conflict, instead tying the evolution of human morality to a symbiotic relationship with an alien race.—
Alexandra Oliva,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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