Living in the 21st century do you believe that the theory of mean, as said in the past, is still an ethical way of living? One may think that too much or too little of something is bad therefore, many agree that being mediocre is the way to live a content life. Now if we consider the life the political community lived by when Aristotle developed this theory, most of them questioned themselves in the attempt to see if they were living life the “right” way. The mean of extremes is a nice/calm way of living. I tend to believe that the mean of extremes is another way of saying not being flashy nor degrading yourself. In the book, Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, he mentions how important it is for the virtues to be evenly distributed as opposed to being excessive or deficiency. Aristotle’s theory is one that does not see a person’s actions as a reflection of their ethics but rather looks into the character of a person as the reason behind their ethics.
