... because virtue is a complete good. Virtue is not a capacity either, because virtue involves choice, not abilities. "Virtues are neither feelings nor capacities" (Nicomachean Ethics 1106a 12). Therefore, virtue is a characteristic of a person that renders good, of which it is the excellence and causes it to perform its ... doing noble actions. Virtue involves maintaining a balance between and pleasure: "For virtue of character is about pleasures and pains" (Nicomachean Ethics 1104b3-10), Aristotle stressed that this moderation of pain and pleasure is an extremely important aspect of virt...

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Comparing Aristotle & Kant 1. Aristotle and Kant, in the Nicomachean Ethics and Lectures on Ethics, both have different views on the positive and negative forms of self-love. This difference is clearly distinguished from the start. Aristotle uses the word self-love, also known as philautia, in a positive form, while Kant uses it in a negative form. Each philosopher also made their separate case that self-love ... plays an essential role in friendship. To begin with, Aristotle ... definitions of friendship and had various forms in which they took. Though both philosophers had separate definiti...

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