Write a 1,000- to 1,400 word paper discussing how cultivating a virtuous disposition may help you achieve your goals, both personally and professionally.  Be sure to address the following:

• Discuss how being virtuous defines you.
• Examine your cultural ideas of virtues and how they compare with other cultures.
• Explain how your idea of being virtuous fits within a cultural context.
• Explain how your ideas fit within the idea of utilitarianism and individual or group happiness.
• Use examples from your own life and information from Ethics for Life, as well as two outside sources, to discuss the relationship between virtues and your success as a person.  

Format your paper consistent with appropriate course-level APA guidelines.