Understanding Virtues and Practicing Ethical Behavior
Virtues, such as resilience, compassion, and integrity, represent moral excellence. Practicing virtues leads to a good life, according to Aristotle. By understanding virtues like gratitude and reasoning, individuals can cultivate a sense of moral responsibility and ethical behavior. The concept of the golden mean highlights the importance of balance in virtues. Explore virtues through real-life scenarios to enhance moral development.
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Virtue (Latin: virtus, Ancient Greek: "arete") is moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good. What character traits can you think of that are morally good? You might want to think about how a good person would act. Aristotle believed that a good life is spent practising virtues.
Resilience To have concern for the sufferings of others. To be thankful and appreciative Match up the virtues with their definitions. Volunteering To be able to seriously think about and consider an idea or something that has happened. To be concerned for, friendly and helpful to those around you. To offer to help without a charge. Integrity If you have finished, choose 3 of the virtues and think of an example of how you could show that virtue. Compassion Gratitude The ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. The ability to think about something in a logical, sensible way. To act on your moral principles all of the time. To be enthusiastic and determined because you want to do something. The ability to recover quickly from difficulties. Reasoning Reflection Resourcefulness Neighbourliness Motivation
Resilience The ability to recover quickly from difficulties. To offer to help without a charge Volunteering To act on your moral principles all of the time. Integrity Check your answers with the correct definitions, on the right. . Compassion To have concern for the sufferings of others Gratitude To be thankful and appreciative Reasoning The ability to think about something in a logical, sensible way. . Reflection To be able to seriously think about and consider an idea or something that has happened. The ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. To be concerned for, friendly and helpful to those around you. Resourcefulness Neighbourliness Motivation To be enthusiastic and determined because you want to do something.
For Aristotle, you can have too much or too little of each of the virtues you need to practice having just the right amount! This is called the golden mean golden mean. the For example, if you are shopping with your Mum on a busy Saturday and you see someone steal someone else s handbag. You need courage. What would too much courage look like? What would too little courage look like? What would the right amount of courage look like? Is the right amount of courage the same for everyone? Publicdomainpictures.net
You are shopping with your best friend and she wants to spend her birthday money on a new school bag. She picks out one that she really likes but you think it looks ridiculous. What virtue do you need? What would too much look like? What would too little look like? What would the right amount look like? Image: Publicdomainpictures.net
You have got some new stickers that you want to bring into school to show your friends but you are worried that they might ask you for some, and you want to use most of them in your sticker book. What virtue do you need? What would too much look like? What would too little look like? What would the right amount look like? Image: Publicdomainpictures.net
Act out a particular virtue that you have learned about today. Can everyone else guess which one you are doing?
