What is virtue and what is not? Virtue is described in two ways in Aristotle’s Book II. The first, intellectual virtue is that which can be taught. These types of skills can be applied through profession, entertainment, education and so on. A virtuous architect creates well-structured buildings whereas someone whose virtue in architecture has not been well cultivated will not be able to achieve the same level of creation. Moral virtue seems to be more where Aristotle would like to place most of the focus in Ethics. Moral virtues are better described as “States of Character”. Some obvious traits would be bravery, courage and compassion. Their opposites are also included in the definition for a sense of contrast. If one doesn’t possess bravery, surely their morally virtuous profile would have more weight balanced on the side of being cowardly. Within these virtues lies the lack thereof. One can practice too much or too little of a virtue, resulting in a loss of the virtue. Likewise with intellectual virtues, moral virtues need to be refined with stern discipline. But rather than receiving training from outside sources (as with intellectual virtues), the training for moral virtues comes from within oneself and upbringing. One can indulge too far into one side or another of a trait resulting in failure to achieve the goal of the virtue. If a person charges into argument and fights every battle that is placed in his or her life, the virtue of bravery is lost and traded for