Aristotle's Theory Of Virtue Ethics Analysis

Many people have high paying, corporate jobs, but a small amount of people can say they thoroughly enjoy what they do and impact society. As a result, they do not enjoy the good life. One needs to take their best attributes and apply them to create positive change to society to feel accomplished and enjoy the good life. Aristotle’s moral theory goes into detail on how one can live a good life. Through Aristotle’s virtue ethics, I will analyze the attributes I have developed at A&M and how I can apply them in my industry.
Aristotle’s moral theory of virtue ethics focuses on how an individual should live their life, what is considered a good life, and similar broad questions. Unlike other moral theories, virtue ethics do not put emphasis on what action would be …show more content…
For example, staying late after class or after my part time job would be considered outstanding. Yet in industry, it’s expected, as a salaried employee, to stay after hours if a task is not done or something extraneous occurs. I plan to learn as much as possible from my superiors to gain or strengthen my virtues or thought, while practicing and living the virtues of character that make me who I am. It is only through the improvement and adding of virtues that I will not only keep my future career, but succeed in it and make an impact in the world. The only way I will live the good life is if I can take my developed virtues from Texas A&M and give my best effort to be the best software engineer I can be. My future job will not be all my life, but it will be a significant portion of it. If I just go along and put just enough effort, I will not actualize my full potential and will not live the good life. In order words, I can be miserable and treat my source of income as a job. But I rather have a career in a field I love to work in, software