 VIRTUE, or moral goodness, is the conformity of our moral actions to the reasons of things. VICE the contrary…The CONFORMITY of such actions to REASON, or the RECTITUDE of them, is their agreeableness to the nature and circumstances of the agents and their objects.—A social action is then right, when it is suitable to the nature and relations of the person concerned. Thus a person obliged acts rightly and reasonably, when his actions are answerable to the relation of gratitude between him and his benefactor. (Balguy 1728 [BM: 398]) 