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This is the end or the telos of your action. Aristotle says in his work Nicomachean Ethics that “the object of wish is the end” (2000, p. 45). The will is what you are trying to do or for what you are wishing. For Aristotle, what we will is actually emotional. Emotions involve character, since character is the habits of emotion. Our habits are rooted in pleasure and pain. These are trainable. Through practice, we are better able to reach the means between the extremes, which is how we reach the goal of acting virtuously (Aristotle, 2000, p. 23-24). All of this is the development of what causes you pleasure at the right moment at the right time, which is cumulatively your character. Human beings are social by nature. Right from the start, we begin developing habits. By nature, we have the capacity for pleasure and pain, and how much pleasure or pain something causes you is a result of habits and practice. The collection of this is your character. It is acquired, and it is what causes you pleasure and pain in the way that they do. In addition, you have to do the right thing in the right way at the right time because it is your habit. It comes from the training you get in society. For example, you have been trained by society to will a job. After wishing for something, the next step is to