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Aristotle's Code Of Virtue Ethics

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Virtue ethics is an ethical system that measures morality as virtue. Being virtuous is having desirable or 'good ' character attributes. Aristotle taught that a virtue is the midpoint between two vices, which are extremes. This spot is known as the Golden Mean. It is the perfect spot between the two extremes of deficiency and excess. For example, it is virtuous to be generous. However, it is a vice if you are stingy person, and also a vice if you are a person to give too much. It is not generous to buy a round of drinks for everyone in a club or bar when you need that money to pay for rent, or to give drugs to a drug addict. The perfect amount of generosity is being able to give when you can afford it, to those who deserve it. It could
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