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A 4 page paper which examines the role of moral education in relationship to Aristotle’s views of virtue and happiness. bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of man, the world of politics and many other conditions. One of the areas in which Aristotle involved himself was in ethics and morality. The following paper examines the role
of moral education in his views concerning virtue and happiness (eudaimonia). Aristotle and the Role of Moral Education During Aristotles time
he, and other thinkers, believed that the method by which many were taught ethics and morals was likely wrong and could only lead to ultimate failure (Aristotle: A General Introduction,
2006). What was taught was the notion of ar?te, "a word usually translated as virtue but that basically means excellence" (Aristotle: A General Introduction, 2006). The term itself was in
reference to things possessed by ancient heroes and gods and such as they involved positive traits such as strength, wisdom, and courage (Aristotle: A General Introduction, 2006). The problem, it
seems, was that the ideals were far too generalized and there was no real consistency to what ar?te meant and as such what was ultimately being taught. "Aristotle....realized that
this moral education would get nowhere, or could actually make things worse, if it continued to take place without a clear idea of what aret? was. In the Nicomachean Ethics,
Aristotle manages to come up with a provisional definition (Book II, Ch. 6, 1107a): Aret? is a state or condition of soul that is concerned with choice, and that involves
observance of the mean (middle between excess and deficiency) relative to us (i.e. to each of us)" (Aristotle: A General Introduction, 2006).
In essence, he focused on the fact that habit had a great deal to do with moral education as "ethical aret? is the product of habit" (Aristotle: A General Introduction,
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