different. The thought processed to be examined are: Virtue Theory‚ Social Contract‚ Kantanian Thought‚ Utilitarianism‚ and Egoism. Virtue ethics focus on the kind of person each one of us should be. They focus on certain characteristics of a person see how well a person applies them to each situation in their life. The flaw in this ethical thought is there are a lot of contradictory thoughts. If the climbers would have helped the man such virtues as kindness and charity would be exemplified. On the
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were common and it made me feel less guilty about the utility friendship that I used to have because I knew other people had this as well. Aristotle describes a virtue friendship as one that will be permeant as long as the people in the relationship are both moral (1157a18-20). He says that the only people that can experience the virtue friendship are people who are morally good (1157a18-20). I can
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the categorical imperative‚ and maybe Natural law‚ we do what is in accordance with the purpose of what is believed to be morally correct. There are moral theories that consist of no rules‚ and that morality is simply expressed regarding feelings. Virtue ethics‚ accommodated by Aristotle‚ rejects many of these approaches
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in conduct. It is commonly thought that virtues‚ according to Aristotle‚ are habits and that the good life is a life of mindless routine. These interpretations of Aristotle’s ethics are the result of imprecise translations from the ancient Greek text. Aristotle uses the word hexis to denote moral virtue. But the word does not merely mean passive habituation. Rather‚ hexis is an active condition‚ a state in which something must actively hold itself. Virtue‚ therefore‚ manifests itself in action.
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thirteen virtues. Actually‚ Franklin found twelve
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drafting the Declaration of Independence‚ famous writings and helping develop young America were possible because of his 13 virtues which he developed at age 20. Benjamin writes he chose “13 names of virtues all that at that time occur’d to me as necessary or desirable‚ and annexed to each a short precept‚ which fully express’d the extent I gave to its meaning.” The 13 virtues were temperance‚ silence‚ order‚ resolution‚ frugality‚ industry‚ sincerity‚ justice‚ moderation‚ cleanliness‚ tranquility
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Dream. Franklin’s set of virtues that are paralleled today by a multitude of people. For instance‚ Francisco Jiménez‚ who grew in poverty‚ rose from the pure poverty of migrant workers. Like Benjamin Franklin‚ teachers also strive to share their knowledge with others. It is vital to appreciate the similarities between the Puritans‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Francisco Jiménez‚ and teachers so that the American nation can carry on modeling unity and determination and delivering virtues such as hope and altruism
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four parts; each part is tied to a specific virtue that he believes will help define justice. The first three virtues are wisdom‚ courage‚ and moderation. Wisdom is the whole knowledge‚ which describes the rulers of the city. The rulers should be the ones who incorporate philosophy and ruling together to rule the city wisely. Courage describes the guardians‚ whose job was to defend the city from invasion and take new lands for the city. The third virtue of the
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Despite several overlapping similarities between Aristotle and Kant on virtue ethics‚ there are fundamental differences between their view on the source of virtuous action. In this paper‚ I will argue‚ the underpinning behind each respectable view differs; as Aristotle believes virtuous action derives from choices lying in the mean whereas‚ Kant does not hold that virtuous action lies in the mean‚ but rather‚ holds they proceed from duty acting in accordance with universal principles. The fundamental
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required the fulfillment of a broad range of conditions‚ including physical as well as mental well-being. In this way he introduced the idea of a science of happiness in the classical sense‚ in terms of a new field of knowledge. Aristotle argues that virtue is achieved by maintaining the Mean‚ which is the balance between two excesses. Thus Aristotle gives us his definition of happiness‚ “…the function of man is to live a certain kind of life‚ and this activity implies a rational principle‚ and the function
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