Answer to Question #233351 in Philosophy for Mike

Question

How can you explain Aristotle's moral virtue (stoics virtue concept)?

Answer 1

Aristotle refers moral virtue as a disposition to behave in the right manner and as a mean between extremes of deficiency and excess, which are vices. We learn moral virtue primarily through habit and practice rather than through reasoning and instruction. According to Aristotle, there are three primary moral virtues; courage, temperance, and justice. The stoics virtue concept divides virtue into four main types which are wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation. Wisdom is subdivided into good sense, good calculation, quick-wittedness, discretion, and resourcefulness. Justice is subdivided into piety, honesty, equity, and fair dealing.