Jean Vanier's L Arche

Jean Vanier is the founder of L’Arche, which is an international federation, in which communities create homes along with day programs for people who have disability. Jean Vanier displays the meaning of living a virtuous life because he shows moral excellence through his work with L’Arche, specifically he pursued the good, and he helped the disable people out of the goodness of his heart. Besides, he took the first 2 handicapped (and more) as there family, he feed them, he clothed them along with aided them in pursing their hopes and dreams. This is exemplifying living a virtuous life because he is giving these people a chance, and showing the world that individuals who have disability are the same as us. These days, nobody will help a person who has been rejected by society and take them in …show more content…
so, he created a L’Arche, which is a mutual relationship with those who are vulnerable open us up to the discovery of our common humanity. With this place, Jean is saving them being put in a place where they can’t achieve their dreams like the rest of the world. Furthermore, by giving these people a home and inspiration, he is showing the world that in appearance they may seem different, but their hearts are the same, you can even say bigger. Therefore, he is showing justice, more specifically distributive because these individual who are against society due to the disability, isn’t the societies fault, they are not violating any law, it’s just most people are not informed on how these people are suffering. But, Jean Vanier by giving them an opportunity and allowing them to live a full human life, which is how he displays the virtue of justice. In addition, another virtue he is illustrating is fortitude; he is showing the courage of doing the right thing no matter what the outcome might