Aristotle’s Golden Mean is a strong example of how one should live a balanced life. The golden mean is finding a middle ground between two extremes. These extremes range between being deficient and being too excessive. Aristotle said that it is moral to be between them and due to it being moral‚ it is how one should live. In class‚ the example of courage was explained. When one has too much courage‚ they are considered to be rash‚ which has many negatives. Someone who is rash will commonly ignore
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well. Humankind’s function is to exercise reason. This ethical conduct is achieved by following the Golden Mean‚ were one should always seek a middle ground between two extremes. I believe that life can benefit by following reason and a person could use a Golden Mean to determine the right action‚ however there are some instances where it shouldn’t be followed. In this essay I defend using the Golden Mean and virtue to live a good life‚ but provide specific examples where it shouldn’t be followed.
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This ideas of Aristotle being applied to our modern world has been challenged though and the main points against it are his function argument that I explained before and the most damaging of all‚ the failure of the golden mean theory. To start the function argument is repeated time and time again to show the linkage between the build-up ideas to the base of the virtuous character but it is a flawed idea. Using the fact that animals are observed to not be as smart as humans and what separates us is
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GOLDEN MEAN It all started from this very smart man named Leonardo Bonacci‚ also known as Fibonacci. Fibonacci was a very important mathematician in Europe; he is believed to be the first. He learned with Arabic mathematicians and had an Arabic learning background to math. Fibonacci had this idea of counting how many rabbits are produced in a yearí ĉ. Fibonacci started with a pair of rabbits. The next month he had a new pair‚ as well the next one too. Fibonacci started working for a solution
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Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean is a system designed by Aristotle to attempt to help people make virtuous decisions. Aristotle’s want to aid humans make virtuous decisions stems from how he perceived humans and their purpose. When trying to explain humans‚ Aristotle believed that humans can be best explained by the purpose they serve. He then concluded that the good of human beings is to reason and if a human can reason well‚ then they are serving their function. For Aristotle‚ reasoning well is
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Aristotle Essay Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean is concerned with how our virtuous actions or feelings are dispersed in the right amount toward others. Aristotle defines the mean as‚ “The “equal” part is something median between excess and deficiency” (42). Simply put the division of a part into two equal halves leaves an equal portion on the left and an equal portion on the right. The median does not allow one side to have more than the other side or one side to have less than the other side.
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The Doctrine of the mean tries to find a balance in the various moral virtues (also known as the golden mean). Aristotle believed that virtue is linked to emotions and emotions have a cognitive part. Virtue is a choice‚ within a mean. To fully understand Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean‚ we need to understand what he thought about moral virtues. It is only then that we can fully grasp the concept of the Doctrine of the Mean and see if it can help guide us in morally relevant and difficult situations
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2. Define “virtue” as found in Aristotle’s “Doctrine of the Mean.” “For instance‚ if ten be too large‚ and two be too small‚ if we take six we take the mean relative to the thing itself [or the arithmetical mean]; for it exceeds one extreme by the same amount by which it is exceeded by the other extreme: and this is the mean in arithmetical proportion.” In the passage from the text he is talking about the mean in terms of logic and reasoning. He is talking the mean in math or science‚ but in real
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Virtue Ethics In the field of bioethics‚ Aristotle’s ethics does not have the same practical force as action-based theories‚ especially when the dilemma in question involves deciding whether or not to do some particular action ("pulling the plug" on a patient). In any case‚ there are two ways we can apply the character based approach to bioethics. First‚ the specific healthcare provider (nurse‚ doctor‚ etc.) could continually ask themselves "What kind of character do I want to have as a healthcare
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Aristotle’s “Golden Mean” Aristotle considered ethics to be a “practical rather than theoretical study” (Aristotle on Virtue). He taught that virtue has to do with looking for the balance between extremes- the mean between excess and deficiency. The Golden Mean‚ as it was coined‚ is intended to help people identify which states of character are virtuous. The virtuous state of character is the appropriate way people feel and react to circumstances as opposed to over reacting or under reacting. He
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