Virtue as disposition to happiness (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 2)

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what are virtues according to aristotle

refined dispostions to respond to emotions in the appropriate way

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what is eudaimonia

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why does aristotle define moral virtues as habitual dispositions

  • repitition and constant practice

  • virtues are not innate

  • with knowledge, with choice, for the sake of being virtuous, and an unchangeable character

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how does he define a moral virtue as a mean

  • virtues lies in between two extremes: deficiency and excess

  • mean relative to the individual and is not an absolute value

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what is an example of virtue as a mean

courage: the mean between cowardice (deficiency) and rashness (excess)