2001•Journal of Nanchang UniversityRequires access
Aristotle's Theory on Virtue
Wang Neng-chang
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Abstract
Aristotle's theory on virtue is the source of western virtuous ethics, and its contribution to ethics lies in that Aristotle insists on the rational nature of morality and opposes the irrational tendency of some moral doctrines on the one hand and he does notgo with moral problems after the manner of constructional reasonbut of the of education, the reason involving feelings and actions and he thinks that the virtue of understanding can offer the right principle for our behavior and contemplate on how to act, while ethical virtue is the feeling's mean and the adequacy in behavior which come from the edification of the customs on the other hand.