ARISTOTLE NICHOMACHEAN ETHICS 1. The Ethics of Virtue - Virtue ethics date back to Aristotle (325B.C.) in his Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle’s central question: “What is the good of man?” 2. Supreme Good Happiness – supreme good chosen for itself and never for something else. More than a mere truism What is the nature of happiness? How do we achieve happiness? 3. Virtue and Function - Aristotle holds that happiness (or that which makes someone happy) is tied to the proper functioning
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Korea‚ and Vietnam (Confucianism. 2017). The theory of Confucianism is built around the central concepts of Ren‚ Li‚ Yi‚ Shu‚ and Xiao. Ren is based on humanness‚ benevolence‚ or rather what gives people humanity. Ren according to the beliefs of Confucius is the virtue of virtues. All the other concepts just follow suite. Li acts as a guide for human behavior and the acts of good. Li brings the idea of propriety which includes the five relationships that should be shared in a social life. These include:
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The eighteenth century was known‚ among other possessions‚ as the neo-Classical Age of Reason. Thinkers admired all things Classical‚ from architecture to literature‚ and logical thinking was highly prized. Broadly speaking‚ Romanticism was a reaction against neo-Classicism. Writers and artists of the Romantic period considered that reason and logical thinking were all very well‚ but that these things did not value the emotional side of human responses highly enough. In modern terms‚ they might have
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In addition‚ I strongly believe that Pericles shapped his speech before speaking to his audience‚ he was passionate on the subject of his speech. 3. (a) Comparing Aristotle defense of rhetoric with the one made by Gorgias in Plato text‚ it is clear that Aristotle builds Plato’s ideas ‚ but both views differ. For example‚ Aristotle assumes that man’s basic nature is good and rational‚ while Plato believes that man is in need of instruction
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monarchy that Hobbes proposes in this book‚ he does not recognize any limitations to the State and offers no options to appeal to the monarch. Question 2: Based on my reading of the Politics‚ Aristotle would have mostly disagreed with Hobbes. For example‚ whereas Hobbes proposed an absolute monarchy‚ Aristotle proposed a mixed government‚
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Paper 2 Aristotle vs. Mill Happiness is a highly debated topic‚ and both John Stuart Mill and Aristotle have distinct ideas of what happiness is. These two men have their own‚ views and opinions. Aristotle and John Stuart Mill have come up with two theories on what is the good for a society. Although these men come from a different time‚ their theories are used from time to time. The Aristotelian and Utilitarian views are two different viewpoints‚ yet they continue to influence people
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Aristotle believed that over time families conglomerated into societies‚ which naturally grew larger‚ until at last‚ they formed a polis. The polis‚ then‚ grew naturally out of the proximity cultivated between families over time. Over time‚ families developed and strengthened their bonds of friendship through marriages‚ shared social and religious customs‚ and food acquisition. Conversely‚ Penn founded his colony of Pennsylvania as a Holy Experiment‚ meaning that it came together artificially instead
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WISDOM AND PLEASURE: AN OVERVIEW OF ETHICAL THOUGHT IN LUCRETIUS AND ARISTOTLE Philosophical thinkers in antiquity seem to follow a general trend in favour of self-discipline and imperturbability as opposed to excess‚ and arguably Aristotle and Lucretius‚ despite their many differences‚ do not detach themselves from this current of thought; drawing on this‚ it is possible to outline briefly what crucial elements their respective ethics have in common. Although De Rerum Natura appears to be
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What are the qualities that an ideal person should cultivate‚ possess‚ and practice according to Confucius? 1. Introduction In this paper‚ I will discuss what qualities should be cultivated‚ possessed‚ and practiced for an ideal person according to Confucius. Although Confucius regards humanness‚ wisdom‚ and courage as the basic threefold towards being a junzi (superior man/ideal person‚ 君子)‚ there has been an ongoing disagreement among scholars regarding the qualities that are needed to become
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in the otherwise ever flourishing literature on Plato’s Crito (and one might say on the early Platonic dialogues in general) is the recognition that Plato is presenting a problem from a virtue ethical angle. This is no doubt due to the fact that Aristotle‚ rather than Plato is regarded as the originator of Virtue Ethics as a branch of philosophy.1 Plato’s own contribution to the discipline is more
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