The Imperate Person: The Three Types Of Virtues

To be just does not mean that you are a temperate person. You can be a temperate person that but not just but to be both just and temperate you must be doing something for the good of the city. Virtuous people don’t become just when doing virtuous acts. Thesis***
For a person to be known as just they have to be lawful by creating laws to keep people good, equitable by being fair, and decent by being fair according to the law. Aristotle explains, “It is well said, then, that by performing just actions one becomes a just person and by performing temperate actions on becomes a temperate person, and no one is going to become good by not performing these actions” (1105b 9-12). Without being just you can not become just automatically you will have to make choices that allow you to become just. Three components of virtue are to be able to make a decision by knowing details about that specific action, to do the action for the right reasons not for your own good but for the good of the city, and must be in a stable condition that has no emotional effect on their choice.
Aristotle wrote,: “For having other kinds of artfulness, these things do not count, except for the mere knowing, but for having the virtues, the knowing is of little or no strength, while the other conditions have not a little but all the …show more content…
Many choices can be made willingly or unwillingly and even some can be made that are being forced. Aristotle wrote, “So it appears that what is forced is that of which the source is from outside, while the one who is forced contributes nothing” (1110b 15-17). When a person is forced into something it is more often than no the wrong choice to be made. For this choice to be considered a just act it must be chosen for the right reason. An unwilling choice can also cause many issues because it can change the way a virtuous decision is