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Essay / Aristotle and Aristotle: A Comparison of the Good Life
That being said, just because something is right doesn't mean something is right. One example discussed during the course was that of a murder trial. There must always be a winning side and a losing side. Even if the winning side receives justice for their wrongdoings, the losing side does not always find their actions just. There is a difference between the acts that people perform according to Aristotle: "The lawless man and the greedy and unjust man are considered unjust, so that it is obvious that the law-abiding man and the the righteous man will be righteous. The just is therefore what is lawful and what is just, the unjust is what is illegal and what is unjust” (81). It is with this statement, as well as others that also use figurative and less specific language, that Aristotle runs into a problem. Although Aristotle's argument has some strong moments, most of his argument is weak due to the lack of specific instructions and does not give examples of how to apply his words of wisdom to reality.