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Essay / Aristotle's Theory of Virtue Ethics - 1373
Thinking about the virtuous agent will help us correctly apply our virtues and make the best possible decision. Even if we don't make the right decision, a virtuous agent will use their experience and knowledge of the virtues to guide us. The virtuous agent will correctly apply the virtues and choose actions better than us. For example, take kindness: an average person can act kindly in a scenario and think they are acting well. This may seem like kindness, but a virtuous agent could foresee future problems and advise us not to act this way. Our understanding of virtues is often wrong. Virtuous agents have some idea of what virtue actually requires, as opposed to what we think it requires. It takes an expert to correctly apply the skills, which is why virtue ethics is a good theory to use. You must have the character skills to