Kyle Dee Ethical Theory October 29‚ 2014 Aristotle’s Friendship In Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle believed there are three different types of friendships; the friendship of utility‚ the friendship of pleasure‚ and the friendship of virtue. These are the three different types of friendships why someone might like someone else. Then argue in favor why a good person wants a virtuous friend. The friendship of utility is “those who love each other for utility love the other not in his own right‚ but
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or making good political decisions‚ one must consider what each theorists considers to be a good political system and create a link between the two. The most important category of knowledge for establishing and making good political systems for Aristotle is practical knowledge‚ the purpose of politics is to produce good‚ virtuous citizens‚ the law promotes just actions‚ purpose of legislators is to establish good laws. The most important category of knowledge for Hobbes is scientific knowledge‚ the
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It is made clear in The Nicomachean Ethics that Aristotle believes that an understanding of ethics is needed because it is essentially the responsibility of the government to create good men. In other words‚ Aristotle is saying that the main point of the government’s role in morality is to legislate moral behavior for the citizen. It is the role of the legislator to make citizens good through “habituation” (Aristotle‚ 32). The moral code‚ in Aristotle’s mind‚ must be backed up by
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actuality of both alike‚ just as one to two and two to one are the same interval‚ and the steep ascent and the steep descent are one – for these are one and the same‚ although their definitions are not one. So it is with the mover and the moved.” Aristotle Physics 3.3‚ 202a13-21 Introduction The seven words that bring in this passage are typically Aristotelian. They declare that all is about to become clear‚ whilst introducing a chapter that could hardly be more opaque. But to understand Aristotle’s
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OUSMAN CONTEH MAT NO: 2120642 TITLE COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS LECTURER: DR SARJA TAAL SUBJECT: ASSIGNMENT QUESTION Describe and discuss the relevance of the idea of Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle to the democratic theory and practices today. Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle were all ancient Greek philosophers. They all made great contributions in the field of philosophy‚ especially about the matter “who should rule?” Socrates was born in Alopece‚ Athens in 40 BC and passed away
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20062471 group #3 Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysics Plato and Aristotle are the names of the two philosophers who had so much influence on philosophy as a science. Plato and Aristotle are connected with each other. At 17 years Aristotle entered the school of the Plato. From the beginning Aristotle was strongly on the side of Plato’s principles‚ and then his views became more differ from Plato. In Plato’s school Aristotle got the important knowledge‚ with which he had opened his own‚ against
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Throughout history‚ we have examined the most influential works contributing to political theory in the history of Western civilization. Beginning with our classical political thinkers Socrates‚ Platos and Aristotle and our modern political thinkers‚ Machiavelli‚ Locke and Rousseau. The works of these political thinkers have valued the hegemony of manhood and they have also justified their low respect on women. Their works can be viewed as the foundation of women’s inequalities in the public sphere
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ARISTOTLE Aristotle was Plato’s greatest student. One of his big contributions to philosophy was the theory of the four kinds of causes. Aristotle’s ideal state would be ruled by the virtuous citizens. Aristotle thinks that a state is an association for allowing each citizen to live well. What was Aristotle’s notion of friendship? It was broader than our modern notion of friendship. It was closer to the idea of people helping each other be virtuous. Aristotle thought the state had a duty to morally
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Aristotle (384-322BC) was a pupil of Plato who rejected many of his teacher’s theories and ideas‚ including the Theory of the Forms and dualism. Instead‚ Aristotle was a materialist‚ believing the body and soul are not separate‚ as well as being an empiricist‚ concerned with the world of experience and senses (the world around us). As part of his ideas‚ Aristotle said that everything must be caused by something else and eventually moves from it’s potentiality to it’s actuality. In saying that everything
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Aristotle Paper The following paper will chronicle the life and times of the famous philosopher Aristotle. Showing how his theories‚ concepts‚ and analysis in philosophy contributed to the fields of study in which he was instrumental in establishing. The culture and time period in which Aristotle lived is essential in understanding how influential his views were to the world of philosophy. Aristotle‚ the son of a physician‚ was born in 384 BC. His father was the family physician for King Amyntas
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