Moral Excellence

Aristotle was correct when he said that “moral excellence comes about as a result of habit”. Religions and many successful people of the world have made a habit of committing moral acts in order to achieve their moral excellence and sense of virtue. Anyone can achieve moral excellence as long as they develop the habits that can take them to the level that they wish to reach. In the religion of Christianity Aristotle’s beliefs are intact. In the bible Christians are told of commandments that they are to follow in order to achieve moral excellence. In the book of Matthew versus 22:37-40 it is said that “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. [40] On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” This is stating that as a Christian to have moral excellence you must follow these two commandments for your entire life. The bible tells Christians that the word virtue means moral excellence. Virtue has also been described as having the courage to exercise your faith, or doing the right thing just for the sake of being right. Christians believe that to gain moral excellence they must have stability, because with stability they will not get off their path and they will be less likely to make bad decisions and start bad habbits. To stay stable they make it a habit of doing what their god has ordered them to do.the Christians also believe that moral excellence is achieved through conviction. A spirit of non-compromise is a big part of their life. They refuse to settle for any decisions or actions that will put them below the level of moral excellence that they are trying to achieve. The habits that become priorities in the Christian life bring them to their state of moral excellence for they have served their god well and have achieved the right to be forgiven of their sins and to