ARISTOTLE ON HUMAN NATURE

MAN IS AMORAL BY NATURE

MAN IS A CREATURE OF IMPULSE

REASON AND JUDGEMENT LEAD MAN TO BE A MORAL AGENT.

MAN GET TO BE IMMORAL NOT BECAUSE OF HIS HEDONISTIC NATURE

(IMPULSE TO SEEK PLEASURE) BUT BECAUSE OF THE ILL-EDUCATION HE
RECEIVED REGARDING WHERE TO SEEK FOR PLEASURE. MEN TEND TO SEEK
IT WITHIN VICES (VICES CORRUPT MEN - Plato)

MAN CAN PURSURE VIRTUE, WHICH IS NOT INHERENT TO HIS NATURE, BY

MEANS OF EDUCATING HIS HEDONISTIC NATURE.

VIRTUE AND VICE

ALTHOUGH THEY CONVERGE AT SOME POINT IN THEIR DEFINITIONS, THE

CONCEPTS MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE.
VIRTUE, FOR ARISTOTLE, WAS EVERYTHING A MAN COULD ACHIEVE BY
MEANS OF GAINING THE HABIT TO ACT OR RESPOND IN CERTAIN WAY
WHICH IS NOT UNDER NOR OVER REACTED FOR THOSE EXTREME ACTIONS
WOULD LEAD TO A VICIOUS REALM WHERE HUMAN NATURE LIES.

VICE IS EVERYTHING THAT MAKES MAN IMMORAL. EXCESS AND DEFICIENCY

MAKE A MAN VICIOUS AND BOTH ARE TWO EXTREMES OF HIS HEDONISTIC
NATURE. HOWEVER, ARISTOTLE PROPOSES THAT HUMAN NATUR DOES NOT
HAVE A GENERAL RULE REGARDING VICES. ACCORDING TO EACH
INDIVUALS NATURE, VICES MIGHT VARY.