ABSTRACT
The problem today is wider than that which confronted the ancient philosophers, who concerned themselves with ruling classes and with the good government of states. If morality is very largely governed by the fact that human beings tend to live in communities, then the good man must be a useful member of his group. There is no real exception to the rule that the good man must also be a useful citizen. Hermits and solitaries are regarded today as examples of selfishness rather than of virtue, and the good man must not only be well conducted in his private life but of some positive value to others. In short, the good man must have the wisdom which Plato, together with “reason and right principle” called “the king of all the virtues.” And in the world of today one might add that he must face life with something of the scientific spirit.
