Topic > Aristotle and Aristotle: Comparing the Good Life

That said, just because something is right, doesn't mean something is right. One example discussed in class was a murder trial. There must always be a winning side and a losing side. While the winning side receives justice for wrong actions, the losing side may not always consider the actions right. There is a difference between the acts that people perform according to Aristotle: “Both the lawless man and the greedy and unjust man are deemed unjust, so that evidently both the law-abiding man and the just man will be just . The just, therefore, is what is lawful and just, the unjust is what is illicit and unjust” (81). It is with this statement, and also with others that use figurative and less specific language, that Aristotle runs into a problem. While Aristotle's argument has strong moments, the majority of his argument is weak because it lacks specific instructions and provides no examples of how to apply his words of wisdom, to reality.