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I may be misreading, but I get the implication from this essay that the virtue ethics of Tolkien are more valuable than the utilitarianism of Herbert. I could maybe believe that the virtue ethics of Tolkien are more important right now, for the modern era, when that sort of thinking and behaving has relatively faded. But I think generally speaking they're both equally valuable. We should all want to be like Aragorn, whenever possible, and make hard decisions like Paul, when needed.

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