MAKURDI OWL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY

The philosopher, Plato, in his Republic suggests that philosophy has to do with human formation and in order for human beings to achieve this and Tact as rational beings; the rational part of their soul has to act or command both the appetitive and spirited parts of the soul (the higher and lower emotions respectively). However, some people in Nigerian society often allow the emotions to control reason and this often leads to wrong choices and decisionmaking thereby preventing the human character from being properly formed by reason. This is why many Nigerians are corrupt overhead and ears. This article therefore used Plato's concept of virtue ethics to discuss human character formation in Nigerian society. The work employed a qualitative method of research and data was sourced from books, journal, newspapers and the internet. The work further employed the evaluative and analytic methods of philosophical study with a view to exposing Plato's concept of virtue ethics with those of other philosophers as well as existentialism and their implication on human character formation in Nigerian society. The work tried to see how possible these could be applied to human life with a view to forming people in Nigerian society not only intellectually but morally as well.

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