Study Set Content:
We become morally virtuous by doing morally virtuous acts (consistent practice of virtuous acts) or
habituation
habituation other name
ethos
Moral Virtues are states of Character aimed at an intermediary point between excess and deficiency (vices)- in a
mean
vices
deficiency
mesotes
mean
is not a fixed point but rather a moving target
mean
It depends on your ability to adjust yourself to the situation which determines whether you may be considered virtuous or not in the given situation.
Mean
To be morally virtuous, one must be able to respond to situations not just with the correct feeling or action, but in the proper degree, at the
right time, towards the right people, and for the right reasons.
Fear and confidence Excess
Rashness
Pleasure and pains Excess
Self-Indulgence
Getting and spending(minor)
Prodigality
Getting and spending(major)
Tastelessness
Honour and dishonor(major)
Vanity
Honour and dishonor(minor)
Ambition
Anger
Irascilibility
Self-expression
Boastfulness
Conversation
Buffoonery
Disposition to others
Obsequiousness
Shame
Bashfulness
Indignation
Envy
