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This 3 page paper critiques modern citizenship as it looks at Aristotle's idea of political virtue. Some quotes are included.
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are different. In order to fully explore this topic it pays to examine Aristotles ideas about political virtue. Then, such ideas may be compared to the modern concept of what
it means to be a citizen. Aristotle says: "Virtue, then, is a state of character concerned with choice, lying in a mean, i.e. the mean relative to us, this being
determined by a rational principle, and by that principle by which the man of practical wisdom would determine it." Here, he brings up the subject of lying, a principle in
society that seems to be upheld. Certainly, it is not relative, but permeates all eras. Virtue is intrinsic, indescribable and innocent. It stands on its own and while it is
hard to pin down with particulars it is not arbitrary. It is not that everyone just does what they think is right or what society tells them is right, but
what comes from within. It is assumed that the wisdom is real. Hence, there exists an objective, intrinsic morality. There is a right and wrong. Determining what that is can
be difficult, but the fact that it exists suggests something beyond whim and culture. On the other hand, the morality Aristotle speaks of is relative.
While it is not relative from one individual to another perhaps, and there is certainly an objective morality, it is relative to circumstance. Everyone has certain life circumstances that force
them to make decisions. These decisions have to be made from wisdom but the answers are not always clear. If Aristotle wanted to create a pure morality to be applied
in every circumstance, he would have come up with specific rules like laws. He does not, so virtue remains rather vague, but nevertheless a viable and important concept. For
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