Individual Ethics The Virtue of Prudence Jean M. Bartunek Jordi Trullen n this chapter‚ we focus on practical wisdom‚ a characteristic proper to individuals. Practical wisdom is also called phronesis (Aristotle’s term) or prudence (the term introduced by Thomas Aquinas that is in most use by those focusing on virtue). We do so from social science‚ philosophical‚ and theological perspectives on virtue. Practical wisdom or prudence lies in the interstices of intellectual and moral virtues—of the theoretical
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Socrates’ method also ensures that virtue can be taught which makes people better. Socrates goes ahead to answer Meno’s argument by telling him that the priests and priestess and other divinely inspired poets say that the soul of a man is immortal. He uses the immortality to say that the soul has seen everything in this world and the other world and‚ therefore‚ it has learned everything that is. Therefore man should not be surprised if the soul recalls the knowledge of virtue or anything that the soul possessed
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English 100-13 21 October 2009 Family Virtues Virtues are usually taught through the eyes of the wise‚ also known as the elder. In the book The Lakota Way‚ by Joseph M. Marshall III‚ his tribe teaches virtues though story telling. The virtues of the Lakota tribe and those of my family are more similar then I had anticipated‚ although we do have our differences. The Lakota Way‚ stories and lessons for living‚ is a book written in 2001 by Joseph M. Marshall III. Marshall dedicates
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the significance of virtue and habituation. Plato’s spiritual explanation of ethics addresses the importance of goodness in the world and what it means to be a good person even when immoral people may prosper. Plato continues to emphasize the higher power inside of us known as our soul‚ and how our soul alone is greater than the power of our physical body. In comparison to Plato’s teachings‚ Aristotle’s practical approach to ethics outlined the concepts of habituation and virtue. Aristotle points
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In his Nichomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle develops a robust definition of friendship. His definition provides distinctions between the true and perfect form of friendship and other inferior likenesses. Not only does he provide a framework for personal relationships‚ Aristotle also defines several different forms of constitutions and integrates friendship and justice into each. In light of his explanation and praise of monarchy‚ Aristotle agrees with Plato’s ideal of a philosopher king. Before such an
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deliberately; to choose his own course and have no one else influence his life. He doesn’t want to get old and look back and realize that there are things in life that he wanted to do‚ that he has never done. If everyone in a community lived by the virtues of individualism and self-sufficiency‚ then there would be no community. In a community‚ everyone contributes something. Individuals in a community work together‚ in order to solve problems and issues facing the community. Such as‚ if there has been
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Rationales: A Comparison between Confucius and Socrates ABSTRACT Socrates regards rational knowledge as the decisive factor of human life and even ascribes all virtues and moral actions to it‚ thereby stressing the ‘rationales’ of ethics. In contrast‚ Confucius regards kinship love as the decisive factor of human life and even grounds all virtues and moral actions on it‚ thereby stressing the ‘emotionales’ of ethics. Therefore‚ we should not lump them by conceiving Confucius’ ethics also as the so-called
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Republic Book II: -Know the three classes of goods that Glaucon distinguishes at the beginning of the book; these are stated at the beginning of Book II; see p. 65. -Socrates says that justice is the highest or best kind of good. It is the sort of good that is desirable for its own sake‚ and for the sake of the consequences it brings. (Acting justly is both valuable to us in itself apart from its consequences‚ but it also is good insofar as being just brings about good consequences). -Glaucon
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of course‚ except their outstanding beauty. But there is more than one could expect. Firstly‚ both are being seduced by their masters‚ but each of them copes with it quite differently. Pamela Andrews is enormously addicted to maintenance of her virtue. Her virginity is her „Jewel“ according to advices of her parents‚ strong devoted Christians. This „Jewel“ characterises her actions and becomes the „obstacle“ of fullfillment of erotic imagination of her master Mr. B. Pamela would rather die than
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‘The only reason to be moral is because it is the right thing to do’ Discuss. Morality is defined as the principles of distinguishing between good and bad behaviour. We call the murderer an immoral person because they have committed a ‘bad’ action. We also stereotype charity workers as moral because they are devoted to helping others. But what motivates our moral behaviour? In an attempt to answer this‚ I will assess several key theories and thinkers to prove that morality is a means of achieving
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