Question

What does Aristotle think about moral virtue and its importance?

Answer 1

According to Aristotle moral virtue is defined as a disposition to behave in the right manner. According to Aristotle moral virtues are important so that we can know ourselves better. The virtue ethics helps in attaining self-knowledge. It is difficult to acquire because it's up to each individual to know the deeper subtleties of one's emotional responses to things. In addition to moral insights, Aristotelian virtue ethics also gives us a framework to distinguish between various degrees of moral and non-moral contexts, a framework that is preserved to this day in courts of law and the distinction drawn between accidental and intentional action, and degrees of blame based on self-awareness and the capacity for deliberation.