it comes to friendship‚ most everyone has something to say. No matter where you look‚ the theme of friendship is always present‚ whether it be through quotes‚ such as one written by Saint Jerome that states‚ "The friendship that can cease has never been real" or through songs‚ such as You’ve Got a Friend in Me from the film Toy Story. Aristotle felt that friendship was so important that he devoted an entire section of the Nicomachean Ethics to it. Aristotle’s beliefs of friendship are‚ for the
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Piering Philosophy 105 October 3rd‚ 2014 Friendship “Friends always have your back”‚ or so they say. As cliché as it is‚ this is a famous saying that human beings have been quoting for many years. However‚ how does a friendship in the 21st century compare in meaning to that of Aristotle and other philosophers who wrote their views and philosophy’s on this matter? The price and value of friendship has always been held high in the eyes of society. True friendship is a rare and delicate thing to come by
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In Aristotle’s writing‚ he lists three different types of friendship. The number of the different kinds of friendship is equivalent to the three distinct things that a person can enjoy. The three types of friendship are pleasureful friends‚ useful friends‚ and perfect friends. The first kind of friend‚ the pleasureful‚ is usually pursued by young people. That sort of friend is one who seeks thrills and may like to party‚ get drunk‚ or do drugs. Or he could be pleasureful in other ways‚ like participating
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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 argument can be made‚ a summary of Aristotelian friendship must
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2. The friendship of utility Aristotle’s second type of friendship is the friendship of utility. In a friendship of utility‚ “people love one another because they are useful and only in so far as they are useful” (116). A damaged friendship of utility can be repaired with monetary compensation for the damage that was done – since all utility eventually amounts to money anyway. A friendship of utility will naturally end when one or both members stop being useful to the other. Aristotle says that
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Kyle Dee Ethical Theory October 29‚ 2014 Aristotle’s Friendship In Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle believed there are three different types of friendships; the friendship of utility‚ the friendship of pleasure‚ and the friendship of virtue. These are the three different types of friendships why someone might like someone else. Then argue in favor why a good person wants a virtuous friend. The friendship of utility is “those who love each other for utility love the other not in his own right‚ but
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offshoot. Social networks such as Facebook offer online friendship. Establishing friendship at the social networks is very easy. Just by one click on the mouse button that takes a split second‚ a person and another person becomes friend with each other. That is how easy friendship can be established through the use of social network. However‚ there are questions whether the friendship in social network can be as strong as the friendship of those people who ventured in the traditional way of making
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Discuss Aristotle’s Friendship (Philia) Philia‚ an ancient Greek word that means friendship‚ is one of the main concerns in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. There exist three types of friendship distinguished by Aristotle and the following essay will discuss this first. Then attention will be focused on complete friendship‚ the very one that Aristotle appreciates most‚ as well as the difference between friendship‚ self-love and selfishness. According to Aristotle‚ “friendship has three species
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In Aristotle’s book‚ The Nicomachean Ethics he discusses a variety of subjects that are mostly based upon finding your virtuous and moral character. One of the virtues that really stood out to me was his examination of friendship. Although Aristotle seems to be more interested in distinguishing the various forms that friendships have ‚ his main theme in Books VIII and IX is to show the compatibility of the relationships between virtuous activities and friendship. He breaks down the different types
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Ethics‚ it seems odd that Aristotle emphasizes friendship so much‚ placing it above justice‚ spending more time on it than on any of the moral virtues‚ and stating that “[a]nyone who is to be happy… will need virtuous friends” (Nicomachean Ethics IX.9.1170b). Compared to the lofty virtues that Aristotle discusses in the rest of the Nicomachean Ethics‚ like justice‚ friendship seems markedly less essential for a happy life. It is easy to see friendship as a result of man’s social nature and desire
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