Read the following discussion topic and develop a response to the questions. Check back later to see what other students in the discussion are saying – interact with each other’s responses constructively. For full credit, make sure to respond, at least one time, to another student’s response.In Book II of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle goes through a diagram of the virtues of character. One of the virtues he discusses is called “Appropriate Indignation.” Aristotle writes:”Appropriate indignation is a mean between envy and spite; these three are concerned with pain and pleasure felt at the fortunes of those around us. The sort of person to experience appropriate indignation is pained by those who do well undeservedly; the envious person goes beyond him and is pained by anybody’s doing well; while the spiteful person, far from being pained at the misfortunes of others, actually feels enjoyment” (Aristotle 34).1.) According to Aristotle, a person can experience the virtue of “appropriate indignation” precisely when others do well undeservedly. Do you agree with Aristotle for identifying this as a kind of virtuous character? In other words, ought we to be pained by others who experience undeserved success?2.) Can we rely on experience to gain this kind of virtuous character? Can this kind of virtue be taught?
