The strengths and weaknesses of Aristotle’s virtue ethics

1) Illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of Aristotle’s virtue ethics. Provide one argument for how/why his system is overall a failure or a success.
Structural Requirements
You are required to use the following structure for your essay:
Paragraph 1: INTRODUCTION (~200 words)
-Brief introduction to the problem and the topic of the essay, keep it brief though, you will go into more detail later.
-Thesis statement.
-Roadmap (an explanation of how you are structuring your argument; i.e. explain the steps of your essay)
Paragraphs 2-3 EXEGESIS (~600 words) Mainly descriptive. Describe the argument or debate that is the focus of your essay. Be sure to keep the description to relevant aspects of the positions rather than the whole view. [I.e., describe Marx’s argument for alienation; or describe the Eliminativst and Social Constructivist positions; or describe Frye’s and Epictetus’s views on suffering; or describe the moral positions of Utilitarianism and Kantianism.]
Paragraphs 4-5 ARGUMENT(~600 words) What is your view? Most importantly, this should be *your* argument (i.e. not an argument found in a text or video). How can you provide a defense of your position? In other words, this is where you answer the main question posed. Also this must be ONE major claim (not a list of 3-4 different arguments disguised as one argument).
Paragraphs 6-7 OBJECTION (~400 words) How might someone disagree with your argument? It should be a good objection, that you spend some time developing. You want to convince your reader that this is an important objection that your argument needs to address to be successful. Again, this is ONE objection, not 3-4 objections disguised as one.
Paragraphs 8-9 REPLY (~400 words) After posing a serious objection, be sure to respond to it! You don’t necessarily need to be able to show that the objection is categorically wrong, perhaps you must modify your argument in order to address it, but you do need to show how your argument can come back.
Paragraph 10 CONCLUSION (~200 words) Remind the reader what you have argued for. Among other things, this should probably include as precise an answer as possible to the question you have been set, and a summary of how you arrived at that answer. Also you could point out what you haven’t argued for, what your argument doesn’t show.

Thoughts/Analysis on Topic Requirements:
Illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of Aristotle’s virtue ethics. Provide one argument for how/why his system is overall a failure or a success.
Thoughts​: Consult the Nichomechian ethics, the lectures and also secondary sources (if you desire). Your task in the EXEGESIS section will be to both 1) to briefly explain Aristotle’s virtue ethics 2) to illustrate its strengths and weaknesses. Then in your ARGUMENT section you must mount your own argument as to why this ethical system is overall success or unsuccessful. This argument clearly cannot take on all of the elements outlined in your EXEGESIS. You must carefully decide which elements are crucial, and then construct an argument that explains why the elements you have chosen are indeed crucial for such an evaluation.
IMPORTANT: ​A philosophy essay is about developing your own argument, counter-argument, and reply. This is VERY different from a traditional research paper that involves researching lots of different sources. You are only allowed to use the following sources:
Question 1: Aristotle, “Nicomachean Ethics”