According to Aristotle virtue ethics encompasses the idea that happiness can be found in a person’s lifetime, and ultimately, the aim of all human actions is happiness. Virtue is an activity learned through repetition (2006, pp. 65-83). Aristotle believes one’s virtue of character must be taught, and he states, “…none of the virtues of character arises in us naturally” (2006, p.68). I believe virtue of character is mainly taught through one’s environment and upbringing. I also believe a person is born with the ability to recognize good and evil, especially heinous actions like murder and abuse. Instinctively, most human beings have the ability to recognize heinous acts and are disgusted by them. A moral compass if you will. Then, reinforcement
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Even though my character was damaged by this man, I instinctively knew the misdeeds he performed were immoral. From the time of his death, I was raised by a single mother with five brothers. The evil inflicted upon us all by our father took some of us longer to recover than others. Some of my brothers succumbed to the evil that was inflicted upon them and it took them longer to find their way back to leading a happy life. One brother in particular found his way much later in life and spent every day battling evil while performing good deeds for others until the day he died. I don’t know if that makes up for the evil he inflicted upon others. I do not think good deeds will ever erase the bad actions he engaged in. I can find solace in that fact that his ability to find good and act on it puts me at peace with him. Others found peace in his death as he could no longer hurt them, and their reward for his misdeeds was his death. In the introduction of the excerpt of Steinbeck’s (2006) “East of Eden” the narrator offers this advice: “if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world” (p. 469). The difference …show more content…
This has left me vulnerable to feelings of being taken advantage of in my professional and personal life. I am currently learning avoidance or blinders are not the answer to leading a happy, productive life and vulnerability is the basis of all good and bad in the world. Brené Brown’s (2010) Ted Talk, “The Power of Vulnerability” explains the core to a meaningful existence is vulnerability, and if you close yourself off to vulnerability you not only close the door on all things bad you close the door on all things good. She explains people who armor themselves against pain also armor themselves off to all the good in the
Even though my character was damaged by this man, I instinctively knew the misdeeds he performed were immoral. From the time of his death, I was raised by a single mother with five brothers. The evil inflicted upon us all by our father took some of us longer to recover than others. Some of my brothers succumbed to the evil that was inflicted upon them and it took them longer to find their way back to leading a happy life. One brother in particular found his way much later in life and spent every day battling evil while performing good deeds for others until the day he died. I don’t know if that makes up for the evil he inflicted upon others. I do not think good deeds will ever erase the bad actions he engaged in. I can find solace in that fact that his ability to find good and act on it puts me at peace with him. Others found peace in his death as he could no longer hurt them, and their reward for his misdeeds was his death. In the introduction of the excerpt of Steinbeck’s (2006) “East of Eden” the narrator offers this advice: “if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world” (p. 469). The difference …show more content…
This has left me vulnerable to feelings of being taken advantage of in my professional and personal life. I am currently learning avoidance or blinders are not the answer to leading a happy, productive life and vulnerability is the basis of all good and bad in the world. Brené Brown’s (2010) Ted Talk, “The Power of Vulnerability” explains the core to a meaningful existence is vulnerability, and if you close yourself off to vulnerability you not only close the door on all things bad you close the door on all things good. She explains people who armor themselves against pain also armor themselves off to all the good in the