Aristotle Slackness To People Analysis

Aristotle made an argument that based on individuals habits, that determines what type of person they are. He also goes on to say that they individual should be responsible for the actions they choose to take. After reading about how Aristotle relates “slackness” to people, it makes me feel as if he has a good point, but he is also being slightly judgmental. It seems to me like Aristotle is saying, whatever a person chooses to indulge in, whether it is drugs or alcohol, it is what the person is or will soon become… either an alcoholic or a drug addict.
It’s a natural instinct for people to judge another individual if they display the same actions repeatedly, and if someone chooses to drink heavily everyday after work, it’s safe to say that they might just have a problem. Then again, there are people who may drink everyday and even though it looks bad, they could have their drinking under control, but they could be classified as a heavy drinker. The …show more content…
It was somewhat of a forward statement to make given that everyone is different, and the mental stability to be strong enough to break a habit has to be there to take the first step to becoming a better individual. I would like to put more attention on another statement made by Aristotle about the responsibility that an individual has about their “slackness”. I am all for taking responsibility for your actions, but in the case of someone who has an addiction problem or any type of problem at all that they feel like they can’t control because of their problem, it makes me think that they are putting the blame somewhere other then on themselves. Everyone has a choice in what they choose to do and what they choose not to do, and blaming the actions of what comes from a poor choice that someone willingly chose to make, just seems like an excuse to