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Aristotle's View Of Virtue Ethics

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When looking at Aristotle’s views of virtue ethics, we must understand that it takes place over a period, and is the enlightenment of the individual concerning traumatic and dramatic life events that have occurred in the individual 's life time (Williams & Arrigo, 2012). This view of virtue is one that shows us that the person must take these negative events that have occurred in the individual 's life will for a time hold a power over them of guilt and shame that they were not able to protect themselves better during the event that took place. Once the person has accepted the fact that the event has taken place, and they then start to recover from the event. Once the recovery process has taken place, the person will then be able to not only rebuild their lives but will be able to use the event that took place as a stepping stone that has moved them to build a stronger life for themselves (Williams & Arrigo, 2012). …show more content…

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