Aristotle's Beliefs

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I usually don’t agree on a lot of the things that these writers say but Aristotle’s beliefs are a little different. By different I mean that his concepts are practical. His views mainly focus on the traits of virtue; which include categories such as, excess and defiency. I like that there are so many different options under each category, however, like Jordan I think that in most instances that the traits can be subjective to the person and that everyone isn’t inclined towards the same pleasures. As far as pleasures themselves go he doesn’t believe that someone should feel bad about what causes them pleasures, as long as its promoting getting to the greatest happiness then it’s fine. I also enjoy the fact that he includes two types of virtue:

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