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This entails the question why people’s characters have remained
almost the same for thousands of years. The answer is simple:

Because the social relationships have not changed.

Aristotle highlights the effects of moderation on human behavior.
He says:

“Moderation is a mean disposition between the vicious extremes
of excess and deficiency. Moderate is neither too much nor too

little.”

Aristotle’s doctrine of the golden mean should encourage us in

the future. The future mean is always bigger and better than the

past mean.

The ultimate goal of the society is to achieve reasoning that

would guide a person how to live appropriately, conforming to
human nature. Logic and physics help to build ethics in a better

way.

People are imperfect, but they can learn. They are naturally
gifted to think reasonably. They can learn to become moral. One

of the future goals will be further development of the brain. The
aim is to live within reason. Society needs to have principles and

obey them in order to achieve freedom, happiness, serenity and

well-being.

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