We may see the problem yet habits are hard to break, and these can become so strong that they becomes excuses for why you would want to do something. Reason or desire determine personal rationality. Each virtue is a product of the rational control of the passions.вЂќ The mean could be considered as being the right amount. Virtue can be defined as the вЂњfulfillment of humanityвЂ™s distinctive function and as the mean between extremes. The mean is not the same for everyone, there is no mean for every act. Not necessarily that they will always do it. What makes a person good? They are good when they have certain virtues: honesty, generosity, bravery, courage, etcвЂ¦ Aristotle believed that there are cases where a person knows what the right thing to do is. Virtue is the mean between two vices (the middle position which is just right), the disposition that we develop within ourselves, our character.ДЄ person is good when they have certain virtues are character traits. The mean refers to the middle position of two excesses, it is the moderation in things and is always referred to in terms of an emotional response or a type of action, also what we do with these. These virtues are about our вЂ¦show more contentвЂ¦ These refer to emotions and actions, relationships with other people, and the goods that occupy our lives. There are two main types of virtues: The Virtues of Characters and the Virtues of Thought.

To exercise deliberate choices, to determine by reason, to choose in accordance with the mean. To which virtue then, is a state of being. Vices are extremes, it is either excess or defect. To feel them when we ought to, and as we should, is the mean. Virtue is concerned with various feelings and actions, For example, feeling pain, anger, compassion, fear, pleasure, confidence and more. For it is in them that there can be excess or defect. Using the example of a mean and two extremes, he focuses on the necessary attributes to maintain balance between feelings and actions.

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