define moral virtue. what is the "mean"?

Question

provide your own example

Answer 1

Aristotle's Golden Mean shows up in Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Papa Bear's bed was too hard, Mama Bear's bed was too soft, Baby Bear's bed was "just right." Likewise too much courage is foolhardy, not enough is cowardly. Moral virtue is doing what the virtuous people do, under the same circumstances, in the same way, even with the same attitude. You learn it from them the way an apprentice learns skills from a master, by watching, imitating (doing), and correcting errors. It really cannot be explained or defined verbally.

Answer 2

an excellence of moral or intellectual character. Plato, Aristotle and many subsequent philosophers explored the nature of the virtues, their relations among themselves and to non-virtuous states, their place in our psychology and their role in achieving happiness. Virtues offer a basis for ethical life rivalling those provided by Kantian principles or a utilitarian calculation of happiness, although an account of ethics might reasonably include principles, consequences and virtues.

Mean:
hateful: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

Answer 3

I suppose the "mean" is the accepted "norm" of a societies so-called set of "virtues" -- However.. vices develop when people are forced to keep different aspects of their humanity in separate compartments.. Vices are created when natural behavior is defined as sin..

Answer 4

Not much... Just a sugar-coated prescription to others to ensure our care-free existence !