Morals and Virtues

Aristotle describes how we should view virtue as a state of character. He describes how both virtue brings good in both self and work. He used the example of the example of the eye as to how the eye is good and so is the work it does, seeing.

Aristotle explains the nature of virtue and how there can be too much good and not enough good. How you have to try and achieve a balance or equal amount. I agree with this, I feel as if this is the actual way to try and be virtuous. The problem is that not everyone sees or understands this truth. You have people who are greedy and constantly wanting. These people end up having too much thus being too much. The main factor of this, besides the point of them being too much, is that they are then taking away from others as well. For example, if you made a dinner for two people, one greedy and one not, what do you expect would happen? The greedy person will end up eating more than he NEEDS thus leaving the other person with less. This goes with the saying “everything in moderation”, I have always liked that because it reiterates that too much or too little is not good. The correct goal is to have the “right” amount, no matter what it is.

Aristotle describes three kinds of disposition, two are vices and the other virtuous. He gives an example of how perspective plays a huge role in virtue, and how everyone has a different perspective on the situation. His example was how, too a coward, a man may seem brave. How from the brave mans position the other man may seem like a coward. How a temperate man may seem like he is self-indulging, yet from the self-indulging man he sees the temperate as mean. I believe this is one of the main problems in sociology, that everyone interprets things differently. I feel as if there is no “right way” of doing something. You may see it as right, but someone else may see otherwise. Or you may think you are doing something absolutely wrong, yet someone else sees it as totally correct.