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Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue

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Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue
Virtue is the highest of moral character. When a person has reached the status of being
virtuous, they have reached moral excellence. This person hold the values most people see as
good. Different philosophers have different viewpoints on the meaning of the word virtue. For
Confucius, five characteristic make up a virtuous person including gravity, generosity of soul,
sincerity, earnestness and kindness. For Aristotle virtue is a middle ground between extremes of
excess and deficiency. Virtues from the Aristotelian viewpoint find moral virtues are states of
character, such as self-control, reason and respect for others but from the Confucianism, virtue is
the adherence to rules and principles and the cultivation of moral character.
Aristotle finds morals are states of character. Theses state of character lie between
characters of virtue and characters of vices. Virtue lies between two extremes. This theory is
known as the “Doctrine States of Character”. Aristotle explained states of character as a part of
the soul. The souls comes in three parts including passions, faculties and states of character
(Payne, 2012). Passions consist of a person’s desire, fears, and feelings while faculties are the
natural capacities to feel and show emotion. States of Character are the dispositions or
tendencies to act in a particular way. In modern society these states of character have been
identified as genetic tendencies.
Based on the Aristotelian viewpoint, the soul consists of, moral virtues which must be
identified within one of the three characteristics of the soul. Since Aristotle ruled out passions
and faculties, virtue must be a state of character. The reason Aristotle ruled out passions was
because passion is a feeling. People are not praised for their feelings but for their virtue or the
characteristic making up their virtuous behavior. Facilities are tendencies or a disposition to
display certain behavior. Because this behavior can include characteristics, such as anger which

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Running head: COMPARATIVE ESSAY 1 Comparative Essay Name Class Date Professor Running head: COMPARATIVE ESSAY 2 Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue Virtue is the highest of moral character. When a person has reached the status of being virtuous, they have reached moral excellence. This person hold the values most people see as good. Different philosophers have different viewpoints on the meaning of the word virtue. For Confucius, five characteristic make up a virtuous person including gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. For Aristotle virtue is a middle ground between extremes of excess and deficiency. Virtues from the Aristotelian viewpoint find moral virtues are states of character, such as self-control, reason and respect for others but from the Confucianism, virtue is the adherence to rules and principles and the cultivation of moral character. Aristotle finds morals are states of character. Theses state of character lie between characters of virtue and characters of vices. Virtue lies between two extremes. This theory is known as the “Doctrine States of Character”. Aristotle explained states of character as a part of the soul. The souls comes in three parts including passions, faculties and states of character (Payne, 2012). Passions consist of a person’s desire, fears, and feelings while faculties are the natural capacities to feel and show emotion. States of Character are the dispositions or tendencies to act in a particular way. ...
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