The Inverse Relationship Between Sovereignty and Virtue

The notion of sovereignty means the capacity to make effective choices in a given context. It resonates very strongly with the broader notion of virtue, which is to say that a being that has sovereignty is a being that also has a deep embodiment of a diverse number of virtues. The metaphor that I often use is surfing, meaning if I am sovereign in the context of surfing, what that means is that I have a surfboard, and I know how to surf.