Macbeth is very ambitious, courageous, and a moral coward: all these things lead to his tragic death at the end of the play. ... From the courages in defense of Scotland is significant in the opening scene. ... But moral goodness in him is undeveloped and indeed still rudimentary, for his voluntary acts are scarcely brought into harmony with ultimate end. ... His autonomous decision not to commit murder, however, is not in any sense based upon moral grounds. ...

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His moral goodness, however, is undeveloped and indeed still rudimentary, for his voluntary acts are scarcely brought into harmony with his ultimate end. ... His decision not to commit murder, however, is not in any sense based upon moral grounds. ... At the end, in spite of shattered nerves and extreme distraction of mind, Macbeth passes out, still adhering admirably to his code of personal courage. ...

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Likewise, Aristotle believed that there are two types of virtue, virtue of thought [intellectual virtue] and virtue of character [moral virtue] (Nicomachean Ethics 264). ... Instead, it is prudence lacking the benefit of moral character. ...

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