Some Aristotelian Virtues and Vices

 

 

Excess

Mean (Virtue)

Deficiency

Concerning                            .

 

 

 

 

recklessness

courage or bravery

cowardice

confidence in the face of danger

cowardice

courage or bravery

foolishness

fear

 

 

 

 

self-indulgence

self-control or temperance

insensibility, apathy

love of animal pleasures

 

 

 

 

extravagance

generosity

stinginess

giving and spending wealth

 

 

 

 

indiscriminate or

greedy taking

generosity

extravagance (in the sense of

 not taking what is due you)

taking and keeping wealth

 

 

 

 

vulgarity or

gaudiness

magnificence

stinginess

suitable expenditure on a grand 

scale (for feasts and ceremonies)

 

 

 

 

vanity

high-mindedness

or pride

small-mindedness or

too little self regard

a sense of how much honor

one deserves

 

 

 

 

(excessive)

ambition

nameless

virtue

lack of ambition

desire for honor

 

 

 

 

short temper

or irritability

gentleness

apathy

anger

 

 

 

 

obsequiousness

friendliness or

considerateness

grouchiness

putting up with others in social

situations

 

 

 

 

boastfulness or

pretension

truthfulness

self-depreciation

estimation of one's qualities

 

 

 

 

buffoonery

wit

boorishness or

humorlessness

humorous sociability

 

 

 

 

greed (taking more

than your fair share)

Justice

acquiescence (allowing others

to gain unfairly at your expense)

seeking benefits for oneself in

interactions with others

                                                                                                                            

 

Some other (possible) virtues

 

panic, hysteria

caution

denial

care in the face of danger

 

 

 

 

servility

obedience

rebelliousness

doing as one is told by 'superiors'

 

 

 

 

promiscuity

chastity

prudishness

sexual desire

 

 

 

 

tactlessness

honesty

mendacity

telling the truth

 

 

 

 

sentimentality

compassion

callousness

concern for the welfare of others

 

 

 

 

lunacy, goofiness

creativity

stodginess, lack of

imagination

ability/willingness to think

outside of established patterns

 

 

 

 

? (excessive loyalty?)

loyalty

fickleness, betrayal

sticking by your friends, etc.