Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
According to Aristotle, the purpose in life is happiness, everything you do is because we as humans, build our life towards happiness. In politics, the laws should be ethical and help individuals reach happiness. With that, the leaders we choose should be ethical and care about others in the community. The state’s goal should be ethical laws in order for a society to function well and have happy society.
In order to become happy, we must surround ourselves with other happy people and eventually become virtuous. If the members of a society are all happy, the society as a whole can and will function well. Aristotle claims, “And speech and teaching never prevail in all cases, but the soul of the student must be prepared beforehand by means …show more content…
Leaders are a necessity for people because typically without a leader there is confusion and disorganization. Yet, Aristotle and Plato believe that we shouldn’t have just any leader, but a leader who has reasoning, is ethical, and is intellectual. For example, in Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle states, “And perhaps it is necessary also for someone who wishes to make others better through his care, whether these be many or few, to attempt to become a skilled legislator, if it should be through laws that we become good.” Rules made by legislation should always seek the benefit of the public. Not only the laws, but the people in power should seek the good for others. We need leaders to be ethical in order for them to create the correct principles for a society to become well. The laws passed by legislation and the government should have the overall goal of helping the people in a community become good and happy people. Whereas Locke believes that the people should be free and not withheld by any kind of king or leader unless given consent. It sounds good at first, due to that all men should not be denied any right, however what happens when a body of people meet with those who choose to be fully free? It would be hectic and people would not know what to do with another. Which is why we need to be led not only by just a leader, but a virtuous leader, one
In order to become happy, we must surround ourselves with other happy people and eventually become virtuous. If the members of a society are all happy, the society as a whole can and will function well. Aristotle claims, “And speech and teaching never prevail in all cases, but the soul of the student must be prepared beforehand by means …show more content…
Leaders are a necessity for people because typically without a leader there is confusion and disorganization. Yet, Aristotle and Plato believe that we shouldn’t have just any leader, but a leader who has reasoning, is ethical, and is intellectual. For example, in Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle states, “And perhaps it is necessary also for someone who wishes to make others better through his care, whether these be many or few, to attempt to become a skilled legislator, if it should be through laws that we become good.” Rules made by legislation should always seek the benefit of the public. Not only the laws, but the people in power should seek the good for others. We need leaders to be ethical in order for them to create the correct principles for a society to become well. The laws passed by legislation and the government should have the overall goal of helping the people in a community become good and happy people. Whereas Locke believes that the people should be free and not withheld by any kind of king or leader unless given consent. It sounds good at first, due to that all men should not be denied any right, however what happens when a body of people meet with those who choose to be fully free? It would be hectic and people would not know what to do with another. Which is why we need to be led not only by just a leader, but a virtuous leader, one