1. Are you a “good” person?

2. 2 Kinds of Virtues Intellectual (grows by teaching)
Ethical (acquired by habituation)

3. You become … A builder by building A Lyre-player by playing the lyre
Temperate by doing what is temperate
Brave by doing brave deeds

4. According to Aristotle…
You are in the process of becoming just or unjust and your actions with other men determine which. You are in the process of becoming brave or cowardly, and it is by your actions in dangerous situations that you acquire the habit of being courageous.

5. Aristotle vs. Christianity
How does Aristotle’s understanding of character development match up with what the Bible says? What are some Scripture passages dealing with character development?

6. Romans 5:1-5
Romans 6:3-5
Romans 7
Romans 12:1-2
Ephesians 2:8-10
Philippians 2:11-13
2 Peter 1:5-11

7. So can a non-Christian be virtuous?

8. Common Grace
Natural Law
Culture
Self-Interest
If a son asks his father for bread, will he give him a snake instead?

9. Do you think it would be acceptable to say, that Aristotle was partially correct -- that his flawed theology and anthropology allowed him to understand only partial truth?

10. Becoming …
According to Aristotle your “becoming” virtuous is acquired by acting neither excessively nor deficiently, but in moderation.
You “choose” your habit deliberately, as a means to becoming a prudent person.

11. Case Studies Bravery (rashness – cowardice)
Generosity (wastefulness – stinginess)
Acts (history not necessarily example)
“all things in common”
“Ananias and Sapphira
2 Corinthians 8
Witty (buffoons-vulgar)

12. How do you achieve the intermediate rather than the excess or deficit?

13. To truly be a virtuous person, one's virtuous actions must meet three conditions: (a) they are done knowingly, (b) they are chosen for their own sakes, and (c) they are chosen according to a stable disposition (not at a whim, or in any way that the acting person might easily change his choice about).
And ……………………..

14. Book B, section 9 (page 33)