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Aristotle argues that the function of a human being is to engage in an activity of the soul in accordance with reason or requiring reason. The best expression of this function is when one lives a life of virtue.

Another term that refers to Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean, the Golden Mean signifies that moral behavior is the balance between extremes of excess and deficiency.

For Aristotle, eudaimonia is the highest human good, often translated as 'happiness' or 'flourishing'. It is achieved through the exercise of virtue and living in accordance with reason.

This is Aristotle's seminal work on virtue ethics, where he elaborates on his theories of virtue, good life, and the role of happiness.

Aristotle describes the virtue of magnanimity as the mean concerning great honors; a magnanimous person claims and deserves great honors but does not demand them.

Aristotle places high importance on friendship, considering it a necessary part of life and a communal good that is both useful and intrinsically valuable.

In Aristotle's ethical system, areté refers to the excellence of character, which lies in the 'mean' between two vices – one of excess and one of deficiency, and can be different for each individual.

For Aristotle, justice is a complex virtue that is both general, concerning fair distribution of goods (distributive justice), and particular, concerning rectification in transactions (corrective justice).

Temperance, according to Aristotle, is the virtue associated with the mean related to pleasures, primarily those of touch and taste, and it is opposed by the vices of self-indulgence and insensibility.

A concept in Aristotle's ethical theory where each virtue is a mean between two extremes of character, related to excess and deficiency.

Aristotle defines phronesis as practical wisdom that involves moral insight and the ability to make good decisions about how to live virtuously.

In Aristotle's view, courage is the mean regarding feelings of fear and confidence, specifically in the face of pain or death, particularly in battle.

Aristotle divides the soul into a rational part which is responsible for reasoning and a non-rational part which is responsible for appetites and impulses. Virtue arises when reason rules over these impulses.

Aristotle distinguishes intellectual virtues, which pertain to the rational part of the soul and include wisdom, understanding and practical wisdom, from moral virtues, which involve the right management of one's emotions and desires.