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This 3 page paper looks at Aristotle's concept of virtue. Quotes from Nicomachean Ethics are provided. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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relative is debatable. There are those who say to live and let live. For example, they may see the current war in Iraq as terrible because they do not
think that the U.S. should impose its morality on a people. Hence, rape and torture are acceptable in some societies. However, there is a different view that suggests there is
something intrinsic--something from beyond, something in the gut--that tells people what is right and wrong. To such people, rape and torture are immoral and there is no justification for it.
Here, morality is not relative. A student writing on this subject should note that moral virtue may have both objective and subjective qualities. According to Aristotle, moral virtue does
have some objective qualities, but it also can be relative to each individual and his circumstances. In Chapter 13 of Book One, and in Chapter 1 of Book Two, Aristotle
speaks of virtue. He sees virtue as choice and so morally correct action results from those who are virtuous. In other words, character is important and if one is virtuous
he or she will make the correct choices in life. Aristotles idea is admittedly arbitrary. In other words, one could say that one is virtuous, and that their actions are
virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right or wrong, or what one might do based upon his or her own sense of morality?
By taking Aristotles ideas to heart, one does have to embrace that notion. He explains in Book II that virtue is aligned with character. He 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
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