Habituation (Aristotle)

In Aristotle’s book he argues that no act is served for the purpose of the act itself, but rather that all acts have some ultimate goal. For humans the ultimate goal is happiness. The only way that happiness as a whole can be achieved is through moral virtue. For someone to be virtuous they can not simply perform a virtuous act or two, but must always act virtuously. That is the basis for habituation …

…grasp the idea of what is right and what is not right. Aristotle also believes that we are the ones responsible for our moral condition through our choosing to form the habit in which we choose to form. The only problem with Aristotle’s claims is that some go against others. That is to say for us to truly accept anything that Aristotle says we must be completely ignorant of whatever else he has said.