 This point generalizes to all the virtues and values. Further, since the (cardinal) values are both “the means to” and “the realization of one’s ultimate value” (1961b: 27), it follows that the (cardinal) virtues are also both the means to and the realization of one’s ultimate value: long-term survival qua human being. On this interpretation, to survive qua human being is none other than to lead a virtuous life in which one has realized one’s potential.