"excellence is not an act, it is a habit" - (ARISTOTLE) Do you agree or disagree? Explain why.
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"excellence is not an act, it is a habit" - (ARISTOTLE) Do you agree or disagree? Explain why
"excellence is not an act, it is a habit" - (ARISTOTLE) Do you agree or disagree? Explain why.
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Answer:
I agree
Explanation:
For Aristotle, “habit” does *not* mean unthinking or automatic (as in, I have a habit of biting my nails). Rather, it means something that is developed through activity and becomes characteristic of our thinking about how to act.
Here’s an example: let’s say that I know it is part of moral excellence to give to the poor. If I accidentally drop some money on the ground and a poor person picks it up, that does not make me an excellent person. If I give money to the poor because my mother tells me to, that also does not make me an excellent person (although it may be part of my habituation to moral excellence). For Aristotle, to be morally excellent, I must be the kind of person who regularly, and willingly, gives to the poor because I know it is the moral thing to do.