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Aristotelian Ethics
Aristotelian Ethics
GE 8 - ETHICS
LESSON OUTLINE
If happiness is a
life in accordance
with reason, how
can we attain
such life?
CONT.
To have a certain
character demands that it
becomes a part of one’s
nature or personality, and
thus can only be acquired
through time, by
continuous performance
of moral action.
Moral Action and Virtue
CONT.
A virtuous person
must not only be
capable of acting
rightly, but he or she is
doing the right act
with a feeling of
pleasure and
contentment.
THE DOCTRINE OF
THE MEAN
If virtue is a product of habit
and is a characteristic trait
the practice of which is
something we enjoy, how
does it differ from vice,
which is also acquired
through habit and is
considered a trait from
which people derive
pleasure?
CONT.