an Eamesian one

Among the qualities of virtue is its utility.  The virtuous man is simply better equipped to enter the field of action.  Some of that utility is obvious (such as a facility for quicker sorting) but other aspects of that utility are subtle.  For example, the virtuous warrior may at times seduce through virtue, or impel acquiescence through virtue, in settings where his force would not do.  I said this was an Eamesian one, but it might as well have been a Homeric one.  But the point cannot be stretched to far: a virtuous man is no match for a host of evil men, even if they are individually weak in other ways, too.