Human beings are critical creatures in nature. Habits are posed by every kind of animals
in nature. Habituation in humans is a complicated process that gives rise to virtues of character
such as justice and generosity. One gains a virtuous state and successfully habituates oneself to
acquire character virtues by learning to take pleasure in virtuous actions.
In a bar, I decide to buy beer for everyone. By doing so, it means the money I had
decreased. The people I buy beer for take me as a kind-hearted-person and in turn gives me
respect. The respect I gain is the outcome of my kindness. Some of my friends buy me beer also
as a return favor, and after sometimes, the bartender decides to revert the money I used out of his
courtesy.
The generosity showed in the bar was an intrinsic kind of action. Out of nowhere giving
out my money to buy drinks for all the people in the bar, of which some are not friends, is a
kindness sense of giving. Also, other people, whom they may not have a clue of whom he buyer
is, decides to give it all they may have got is a taste of kindness.
The first action that caused other people to be kind, is an intrinsic kind of action since it
does not involve anyone or anything else to cause its progress. In his theory, Aristotle argues that
moral virtues must “come about as a result of habit” (Aristotle, 2009). Being generous is an
ability that everyone has in nature, but can only be evident when practiced or formed in
accordance to the individual.
Moreover generosity cannot be practiced to extreme, since the individual offering it may
reach at some point where it becomes too much.
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In summary, it is ethical and morally good thing to create an environment of self-
pleasure. It gives one a sense of
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References
Aristotle (2009). The Nicomachean Ethics. Trans. David Ross. New York: Oxford
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peace and good relations to others.