Friday, September 12, 2014
Aristotle
Practicing how to be a good person, or learning from others how to be a good person is more important? Learning from others how to be a good person is the most important to me. I learned how to be a good person from my family, especially from my parents. Your parents (or guardians) are the people who teach you almost everything while growing up. If you do not have family that have good morals, then you learn from that; therefore, you act as they act. Aristotle says that habits form character and I agree with that 100%. If you grow up making great decisions, then you will be considered a "good person". If you grow up making poor decisions, then you might her perceived as a "bad person" according to society. This is my view on whether practicing to be a good person or learning from others is more important.
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ReplyDeleteI think that both learning from others and practice is important. We cannot say that we are a good person if we do not put those good habits to practice. Our parents teach us how to be good, but as we grow up we have the choice to be good or not. We know the concept of what being good is, but that does not mean we are good if we never practice how to be good.
ReplyDeleteAlthough our parents teach us to be "good", I think, as children we mimic their behavior, so it still goes back to Aristotle. You can learn things all day, but if you can't apply them to yourself, but you have to portray what you have learned onto the world through your actions to really prove you've learned anything and also that you are a virtuous person.
ReplyDeleteExactly. Without practice we cannot say we possess this or that virtue.
ReplyDeleteI understand where you are coming from though. :)