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    Self-Control in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics According to Aristotle‚ we all aim for the highest good in life. That is‚ we all are in pursuit of happiness in our daily activities. While in search for the highest good‚ one can be virtuous by living a life of median and finding a balance through self-control. Virtues described in this chapter are not simply actions but a habit or state of mind. Self-control is not resisting what is pleasurable‚ but enjoying it in moderation. Self-control deals with

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    known for the philosophy of virtue ethics. Aristotle describes in his book‚ Nicomachean Ethics‚ a virtuous person as someone who behaves naturally and correctly when it is the right time and place and so and so forth. “any one can get angry-that is easy-or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person‚ to the right extent‚ at the right time‚ with the right motive‚ and in the right way‚ that is not for every one…” (II.9). In contrast to Utilitarianism and Deontology‚ where there is not a

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    have some key concepts which point to what the good ultimately is: egoism‚ utilitarianism‚ and deontology. Egoism values the desires of the individual the most‚ and this is most important to the individual. Utilitarianism‚ on the other hand‚ needs to be impartial in order to value each individual’s happiness equally. Deontology also conflicts with both of these other theories because it is not consequentialist like utilitarianism‚ and does not always benefit the individual or anyone else involved. The

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    Utilitarianism is an ethical theory coined by an English philosopher who lived during the late 1700’s name Jeremy Bentham. Bentham believed in the principle that human beings should be motivated by pain and pleasure; he said “Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters‚ pain and pleasure” this meant that every human being’s goal in life should be to pursue pleasure and avoid pain and that these should be defining factors of what is moral. Utilitarianism is strongly based

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    In Book 2 of Aristotle’s The Nicomachean Ethics‚ he outlines his definitions of moral virtues and how they are acquired. He reaches an implicit conclusion that performing virtuous actions is not sufficient for counting as virtuous by arguing that one must perform virtuous actions in the manner of truly virtuous people in order to become virtuous. This essay will thus analyse the structure of Aristotle’s argument on the relationship of virtuous actions to one’s virtuous character. In Aristotle’s

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    Deontology focuses on the rightness or wrongness of actions themselves whereas utilitarian focuses on rightness or wrongness of the consequences of those actions. Utilitarianism is the idea that the action’s moral value is based on its degree of maximizing pleasure and happiness as a consequence of the action. Hence‚ greater happiness the more beneficial or morally right it is based on this theory. It is a form of consequentialism compared to deontology which only takes into account of the moral

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    Ethics are a complicated subject. Everyone has their own way of thinking of ethics. People are ethical in similar and different ways. Some people may think the same way on subjects‚ like for example that it is ethically wrong to test on animals‚ while others may disagree‚ even on the same topic. There is no clear‚ black and white‚ right or wrong way to look at ethics. One may think people have varying degrees of ethics‚ which is true‚ but not one person really is more ethical than another given the

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    The Chief Good In the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle states that everything a person does‚ whether it’s creating something‚ asking about something‚ deciding something‚ or doing an action‚ is done so in the pursuit of an end goal‚ or “to seek some good” (1094a2). For every action we take‚ there is a specific benefit‚ or good‚ that we hope to gain. For example‚ when you prepare food for yourself‚ you hope to satisfy your hunger or taste something good‚ and when you ask a question‚ you hope to receive

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    they are mistaken due to different definitions of the word. There is an ethical dilemma within utilitarianism because it leads ethical decisions to be made through utility calculations. This calculation differs between people and groups making morality subjective within this framework. A better alternative framework for an economist is a focus on a market based economy where truth is inherent. Utilitarianism also limits liberty and makes it plausible for mass killings

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    Aristotle‚ wrote extensively about the importance of human virtue and its relationship to politics. After outlining the Greek philosopher’s view of man’s final end‚ I argue that‚ for Aristotle‚ ethics is necessarily related to the common good and concerns mankind as a whole. Book I of the Nicomachean Ethics opens with the observation that‚ “Every art and every inquiry‚ and similarly every action as well as choice‚ is held to aim at some good” (1). All human actions have an end‚ and because “there

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