recognize in order to acquire a true and certain knowledge of what we ought to become as a persons. If anyone knows what is RIGHT and TRUE‚ he cannot help but choose it and act consistent with it. Accordingly‚ Socrates viewed knowledge as synonymous to virtue. (Glenn‚ The History of Philosophy‚ 67) Love and Selfishness •To know ourselves is to LOVE ourselves. To love ourselves is to acknowledge the fundamental goodness of our nature and to share it with others. • LOVE is the tendency towards what is
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According to Plato‚ the virtues of justice‚ wisdom‚ courage‚ and moderation are necessary to make a good society. Since Plato’s perspective is exemplified in today’s society and in many other works of fiction‚ we can derive that there is convincing argument for Plato’s view. Before we explore examples of Plato’s perspective‚ we must first establish Plato’s views. Plato believes that there are virtues that are needed to create a good individual and society. The four virtues are justice‚ wisdom‚ courage
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Franklin wrote The Way to Wealth because he was frustrated that people were evading taxes‚ especially because these taxes helped the people and the city. He explained that the real issue was not the government’s taxes. He declared that the lack of virtue taxed people much more. Throughout the rest of the book‚ he conveyed that morality and public service were most important‚ and that one can avoid poverty through hard work and frugality (which was essentially an extension of the first idea). We know
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philosopher‚ put forward the Confucianism. Confucianism especially emphasizes on the relationships. As the development of global economy‚ ethical relations will become more and more important. Humaneness or benevolence is the most important Confucian virtue. It tells us that we should treat others with love and take care of others through getting knowledge from the education and some other ways. Everyone can make mistakes in their whole lives‚ so we should have a heart of tolerating others. However‚
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frets his hour upon the stage‚ and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury‚ signifying nothing. William Shakespeare Courage is the most important of all the virtues‚ because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically‚ but nothing consistently without courage. Maya
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hear of a person being good‚ whether it’s through conversation with friends or through the media. I have often asked myself where this judgment comes from. What makes a man or woman good? Is it that they are born a virtuous person‚ or do they earn virtue by their actions? On what basis can a person say someone is good? Do they know they are good because they have followed certain rules of being good? If so‚ these rules would have had to be created at one point. Are the creators of these rules virtuous
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Ethics Tawana Fielder ETH/316 08/30/12 Frank Dawson Ethics The ethical system is built from many theories. Utilitarianism teaches to “do” the right things in life. Deontology follows dictations and commandments from the bible. The virtue theory contains the development of personal characteristics. It is interesting to know how a person develops morals and values and why everyone is different. Utilitarianism in ethics is the theory that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined
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Human Abstract" are two companion poems that look at the virtues Mercy‚ Pity‚ Peace and Love. Both poems possess contrasting philosophies pertaining to the virtues. "A Divine Image‚" a song of innocence‚ strives for reverence on the one hand‚ while "The Human Abstract" exhibits cynicism. In "A Divine Image" Blake writes about God and his existence within humanity. The personified figures of Mercy‚ Pity‚ Peace and Love are listed as four virtues of delight. The speaker states that everyone prays to
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appetitive part of the soul. True happiness is something that is self-sufficient. Other virtues like pleasure‚ honor‚ and reason are chosen for the sake of happiness or other things‚ while happiness is always chosen for its own sake. Aristotle states that “human good turns out to be activity of soul in accordance with virtue” (Ch.7‚ Book I). Since this is true‚ one must understand the nature of all virtues to understand the nature of true happiness. Aristotle
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dispositions that tend in different directions‚ reflecting different strengths. If we are asked to imagine exemplars of each of these virtues‚ we probably call two very different individuals to mind—the courageous person imposing‚ heroic‚ probably male‚ and the patient person quiet‚ reserved‚ quite likely female. (After all‚ Ancient Greek courage simply was the virtue of manliness (andreia)‚ and the Victorians used to name their daughters Patience.) Some of our images of courage may even positively
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