In Politics‚ Aristotle sets out an argument to suggest that in order for humans to flourish and achieve Eudaimonia we must actualise our unique and distinctively human faculties‚ particularly our intellectual and moral faculties. Aristotle argues not only that it is impossible to achieve this outside the construct of a Polis but also that‚ given man’s nature as a political animal‚ even if it were possible this would not instinctively be the preferred path of humans. Many translators often interpret
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Wars are often complex in nature and are fought for diverse reasons. In the Iliad‚ powerful gods‚ great nations‚ and heroic people all fight for different reasons. Each has private motivations to fight the war. These private motivations are of special interest‚ because they help define the consequences and outcomes of the war. The universal war of the gods‚ social war of the Greeks and Trojans‚ and the war for Achilles’ honor are private motivations of the Trojan war. These private motivations
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From 1100 B.C.E - 750 B.C.E.‚ the Greeks suffered through a period of time during which the population declined and food production dropped. Historians refer to this period in history as the Dark Age. The Dark Age was very grim for the Greeks‚ but numerous developments managed to emerge out of this period. In fact‚ near the end of the Dark Age‚ one of the greatest poets of all time began his work. His name was Homer. Throughout Greek history‚ we can see the tremendous impact that Homer and his ideas
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How are religious and ethical principles used in the abortion debate? Abortion has been legal in the United Kingdom since the Abortion Act of 1967‚ which was further amended in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 1990‚ lowering the length of pregnancy in which it is legal to have an abortion from 28 weeks to 24 weeks‚ owing to advances in medicine and a decrease in the age of viability of a foetus. There are four criteria which allow women to have an abortion‚ as long as they have the
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Movies can be divided in to so many categories nowadays and there are different reasons why there is an emergence of these. One reason being that movies evolve with society and this is evident in the way movies are presented from black and white to colored and now 3D movies. But we must also look at how the different plots have evolved from the usual light home movies to mafia influenced movies and now more socially relevant movies. As society evolves‚ so does our opinions and views on different
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Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ the definition is ¹"the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation." To understand the Deontological and Teleological separations it is necessary to understand what ethics is. Obviously as it is a philosophical study‚ there are varying degrees and definitions that can be based simply on ones individual perception of these types. Deontological ethics is
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Is it ethical to buy illegal copies of music CD’s and movies from street vendors. Especially when you know that by buying these copies‚ the record companies‚ movie production companies‚ actors‚ artists and others involved in their production do not get a profit from the sale. This is the dilemma I had as weather or not I should buy bootlegged products because while they are cheaper‚ it is depriving the legitimate profits that companies who produce the music and movies would receive along with the
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Is Areteology a better way of approaching ethics than Deontology or Teleology? Areteology being the study of virtues and the word arête meaning excellence‚ Areteology can better be defined as the study of excellent human virtues (a divine study). It looks at the ultimate purpose of human life and what might result in practical excellence. It would aim to show people what an excellent human life is and teach people how to live by the excellent human virtues. In Areteology‚ the question normally asked
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proves how he is a true hero. The hero shows how he is a true hero through his actions and not his words. He continuously tricks his enemies with desirable traps that are hard to turn down‚and he does not loe sites of his goals. Odysseus demonstrates arete through heroism‚ perseverance and‚ most of all‚ his intelligence. Throughout the epic poem Odysseus demonstrates clever intelligence when he encounters the Lotus Eaters and when he outwits the Cyclops. When he and his crew land on the dreaded island
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Mother Teresa clearly exhibited elements of both the hero and the saint‚ making them perfect examples of the “secular saint”. In one of MLK’s most famous writings‚ a letter from the Birmingham Jail‚ he shows both the Christian spirit of agape; and the arête‚ drawn directly from the heroic virtue of citizenship. One did not have to look very hard to see both elements of the hero and the saint in the life of Mother Teresa‚ as she made the conscience decision‚ much as a saint would‚ that she would deny
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