moral constraints
...to drink either until they physically do harm to their bodies or if they want to only have only one drink, which will probably not harm their body at all. The moral constraints are only repressive to a certain crowd such as, the strong, clever, or wicked, that try to overpower the weaker and more inferior crowd. Society's laws help to control these people from gaining too much power so that, universally, everyone is equal, which is why at the same time the moral constraints are liberating to those that cannot be strong enough to stand up to the superior. The laws hold back the more powerful so that they are on the same level as the weaker people which makes the society liberating to most everyone. These repressive laws aid in the powerful people's sacrificing of their immediate personal power for the liberating freedom of all the rest of the society. Eventually, these powerful people will not be the strongest or most clever of the crowd because there is going to be a time where they eventually loose their power to some younger or even more powerful group than they were. So, by restraining their immediate personal powers with the laws, these people are gaining their freedom for the future to be happy. Aristotle believes that there is a "golden mean" that says if a person follows the middle path, it will lead to a happier life or a better personal moral constraint. An example of his "golden mean" would be giving to charity. If a person makes $50,000 dollars a year and gives $40,000 of it to a charity most people would be in awe at the person's moral doing to help that charity, but Aristotle believes that people have a moral responsibility to take care of their own family. B...