He argues that while a general outline can be provided for ethical behavior, real life is much more situational and particular events require quicker thinking. In his virtue ethics, to remain virtuous in a world like this means we must be conditioned to be virtuous. Aristotle states that virtue is not inherent in human beings, but that nature predisposes us to be virtuous and that we must perfect this as we would perfect any other art or skill. He states that “we become righteous by performing righteous acts” (124) to illustrate that ethics is not simply an idea but rather that we learn ethics by learning to live. As we strive to flourish in life, we naturally acquire abilities relevant to ethical living. Aristotle believes that the best way to act justly is to act as a just person would do. Fundamentally, this means learning through observation and basing moral decisions on factors that are outside of our own self-interest. It shows that even if we are not good by nature, by striving to be good we naturally acquire the character state of a good person. Aristotle also places great importance on the concept of living average. He believes that living between two extremes of a character trait is almost always the best choice, because there are excesses in any state of character. We solve this by finding a balance between the two extremes and acting in this direction.