According to Aristotle, in order to act virtuously, one must become a virtuous person. How does Aristotle claim we can achieve this virtuous character?
) Selections from Aristotle, The Nicomachean EthicsPreview the document
For the entire text, see open source at http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
2) MacKinnon on Aristotle & Virtue EthicsPreview the document
Excerpted from Barbara MacKinnon, Ethics: Theory & Contemporary Issues, 6th ed., Wadsworth, CA: 2009.