The film The Lives of Others is set in East Berlin in 1984. It involves a secret police agent, Wiesler, who is invited to a theater premiere by his old school friend, Lieutenant Colonel Anton Grubitz. The play is written by German playwright Georg Dreyman and the main character is played by Dreyman's lover Christa-Maria Sieland. Dreyman has some notoriety among GDR officials because he is one of the few East German writers whose works are read in the West. Wiesler suspects that Dreyman's loyalty to the party is not as strong as it might seem. This causes Wiesler to conduct surveillance on Dreyman and Chista-Maria. Over the course of the film, Wiesler finds himself increasingly absorbed in their lives and begins to question his own. I think the change Wiesler goes through is realistic and mostly follows Hume's theory, because he becomes more sympathetic over the course of the film and eventually covers for Dreyman for something that could cause him to lose his job. According to Aristotle, we learn moral virtues through habit and develop through practice. A person's character is formed by what he does and the structure of his habits. We are all born with the potential to be morally virtuous, but we must behave in the right and consistent way in order to train. Since there are no absolute rules to follow, we can only observe that it consists of an average between the extremes of deficiency and excess. For example, truthfulness is about finding a middle ground between the extremes of being suspicious and being overly confident. By calling excellence of character a state, Aristotle means that it is not a simple tendency to behave in specific ways. Virtue is a disposition, not a feeling. It is the disposition that is... at the heart of the card... the idea of ​​what can be achieved in the real world. This would conflict with Aristotle's theory, because Wielser changed emotionally first and then his actions followed. Although some of the changes in Weisler's character might follow Aristotle's theory; for the majority they follow Hume's theory. Eventually Weisler becomes more understanding and begins to show emotion; this is demonstrated by him covering for Dreyman. His sincere interest in the lives of Dreyman and Christa-Maria also shows his sympathy. This film shows that people have the ability to change their character. Works Cited The Lives of Others. Dir. Floria Henckel von Donnersmarch. Sony Classics. 2006. Film.Hume, David. Concerning the Principles of Morals (ed. Selby-Bigge and Nidditch). Oxford, Clarendon, 1978.Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics (trans. W.D. Ross). Kitchener, Batoche Books,1999.