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Are you a “good” person?

Are you a “good” person?. 2 Kinds of Virtues. Intellectual (grows by teaching) Ethical (acquired by habituation). You become …. A builder by building A Lyre-player by playing the lyre Temperate by doing what is temperate Brave by doing brave deeds. According to Aristotle….

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Are you a “good” person?

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  1. Are you a “good” person?

  2. 2 Kinds of Virtues • Intellectual (grows by teaching) • Ethical (acquired by habituation)

  3. You become … • A builder by building • A Lyre-player by playing the lyre • Temperate by doing what is temperate • Brave by doing brave deeds

  4. According to Aristotle… You are in the process of becoming just or unjust and your actions with other men determine which. You are in the process of becoming brave or cowardly, and it is by your actions in dangerous situations that you acquire the habit of being courageous.

  5. Aristotle vs. Christianity How does Aristotle’s understanding of character development match up with what the Bible says? What are some Scripture passages dealing with character development?

  6. Romans 5:1-5 • Romans 6:3-5 • Romans 7 • Romans 12:1-2 • Ephesians 2:8-10 • Philippians 2:11-13 • 2 Peter 1:5-11

  7. So can a non-Christian be virtuous?

  8. Common Grace • Natural Law • Culture • Self-Interest • If a son asks his father for bread, will he give him a snake instead?

  9. Do you think it would be acceptable to say, that Aristotle was partially correct -- that his flawed theology and anthropology allowed him to understand only partial truth?

  10. Becoming … • According to Aristotle your “becoming” virtuous is acquired by acting neither excessively nor deficiently, but in moderation. • You “choose” your habit deliberately, as a means to becoming a prudent person.

  11. Case Studies • Bravery (rashness – cowardice) • Generosity (wastefulness – stinginess) • Acts (history not necessarily example) • “all things in common” • “Ananias and Sapphira • 2 Corinthians 8 • Witty (buffoons-vulgar)

  12. How do you achieve the intermediate rather than the excess or deficit?

  13. To truly be a virtuous person, one's virtuous actions must meet three conditions: (a) they are done knowingly, (b) they are chosen for their own sakes, and (c) they are chosen according to a stable disposition (not at a whim, or in any way that the acting person might easily change his choice about). • And ……………………..

  14. Book B, section 9 (page 33)

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