Christopher Eric Hitchens was an Anglo-American author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic, and journalist.
Here we are touching on the morality of Plato and the highest of his ideals; Being goodness. Whereas Aristotle's philosophy biases towards the individual, Plato's perspective is potentially pluralistic. Denying this claim is less than ideal.
Individuals with high good character are not propelled by status, riches, yet by an awareness of other's expectations. This is the sort of individual that each pioneer should search out and turn into a pioneer.