Aretaic turn

Okay kiddo, imagine you and your friends are playing a game of soccer. The aim of the game is to score as many goals as possible. Now, your coach notices that some of your friends are really good at scoring goals and others are better at defending. Your coach decides to focus on each person's strengths and helps them improve those skills.

This is kind of what the aretaic turn is all about. It's like your coach, but instead of a soccer team, it's talking about people in general. The aretaic turn is a way of thinking that focuses on our individual virtues, or qualities that make us good people.

Instead of asking questions like "What is good?" or "What is the right thing to do?", the aretaic turn asks "What kind of person should I be?" It's all about shaping our character and developing virtues like honesty, kindness, and courage.

So, just like your coach helps you and your friends improve your soccer skills, the aretaic turn helps us identify our strengths and weaknesses and encourages us to become better people.