Virtue is possible, not necessarily because of freedom

Conclusion: 

Because it is possible to for man to act freely, ethical virtue exists and is attainable.

Premises:

EP₁. Virtue is of two types: virtue of thought and virtue of character. (18)

A.    Virtue of thought arises from teaching; therefore it requires time and experience. (18)

B.    Virtue of character is based upon habit forming. (18)

EP₂.  Virtue of character does not develop in us naturally. (18)

EP₃.  Nature allows man to acquire virtue of character through habituation. (18)

A.    Because nature grants man the capacity for them, man must acquire virtues. (18)

B.    Virtues must be activated in order to be acquired. (18)

C.    Virtues are activated through practicing them repetitively. (19)

EP₄.  A state of character arises from the repetition of similar activities. (19)

EP₅.  Differences in activities correspond to differences in states. (19)
IP₆.  Man has the option to choose right activities or wrong activities.
IP₇.  Man must perform the right activities to put himself in a good state.
IP₈.  Man must not perform the wrong activities.

EP₉.  Habituated activities should be decided upon using reason. (19)

IP₁₀.  Reason leads man to differentiate right activities from wrong activities.

EP₁₁.  Different states that arise from habituated actions are ruined by action of excess and deficiency. (20)

EP₁₂.  A mean between the excess states and deficient states exists. (20)

EP₁₃.  Man’s feeling of pleasure or pain after acting is an indication of his state. (20)

A.    Pleasure causes man to do base actions and pain causes man to abstain from fine ones. (21)

B.    Man comes to find enjoyment or pain in the right things from appropriate upbringing. (21)

IP₁₄.  Man fails to find enjoyment or pain in the right things from an unsuitable upbringing.
EP₁₅.  Virtues are concerned with actions and feelings. (21)

EP₁₆.  All feelings and actions imply either pleasure or pain. (21)

EP₁₇.  Therefore, virtue is about the feeling (whether pleasure or pain) that man feels regarding his activities. (21)

IP₁₈.  Man acknowledges his feelings because of his pleasure or pain.

EP₁₉. Ethical virtue is a condition where man does the best possible action when acknowledging his feelings regarding pleasure or pain. (21)
IP₂₀.  Ethical virtue is attainable for the man who meets this particular condition.