Virtue Theory: Is it Virtuous?

The final secular ethical theory on want to talk about is the theory of Virtue. Proposed by the infamous Greek philosopher Aristotle, the virtue ethic in a nutshell is that humans act in some way to attain some good. The higher the good, the better.

I like Aristotle's point of view, but I think it has to be elaborated on a little more. He was focused on the idea of Politics being the master science for practicing virtue, and the first principle of politics is happiness. I think that God makes it so much easier for us. The best away to attain the best good is to act in a way that is line with the will of the one true God. To act in this way is sure to bring happiness; happiness in this life, and happiness in the life to come.

The reason I like Aristotles point is because it is more salient, more attainable for the common man to act in an ethically superior way. He just doesn't go far enough. He has the end, to attain the good of happiness, he just doesn't have the means, which is through the power and love of God through Jesus Christ. It would be interesting to hear his perspective now; his time was a couple hundred years before Jesus came on the scene.