In his late 20’s‚ President Benjamin Franklin listed 13 virtues that he felt were an important guide for living. The following virtues can be divided in personal and social behavior: Temperance‚ Silence‚ Order‚ Resolution‚ Frugality‚ Industry‚ Sincerity‚ Justice‚ Moderation‚ Cleanliness‚ Tranquility‚ Chastity and Humility. Despite the fact that he tried to follow these guides in his life and went away‚ consider this being worthwhile in your own life. Temperance‚ eat not to dullness. Franklin states
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Socrates was born in 469 B.C.E. to a middle class family. He grew up in political district so when he turned eighteen‚ he began to work the normal political duties such as compulsory military service and membership in the assembly‚ the governing body responsible for determining military strategy and legislation were required of Athenian men. Socrates was believed to be unprepossessing and this was a misfortune in a culture that glorified male beauty. In fact Plato has referenced his awkward physic
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In Aristotle’s piece entitled “Happiness and Virtue‚” he discusses the different types of virtues and generally how one can achieve happiness. According to Aristotle‚ human happiness is a life long process. It is continuously ongoing and the purpose has the end in itself. Happiness is an activity of the soul and in that is an ongoing actualization of the soul’s potential for virtue. Being virtuous is self- sufficient in itself and therefore leads to human happiness. There are four parts of the
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The person that I would say encompass at least one of these virtues would be my aunt Robin. I believe that she is one of the strongest women I know and I feel that she has the ability to help people without even trying. I believe that my aunt Robin possess the transcendence virtue in life. I will start by explaining with the appreciation of beauty and excellence. She is able to notice the small things that others might find unattractive and make an individual see it in a different light. She has
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Anna Graciella I. September 5‚ 2012 BSPT 1 B-2 PHILO-19 Sir. Dino Cabrera Summary of Chapter 2 “THE GREEK PHILOSOPHY: SOCRATES‚ PLATO AND ARISTOTLE” There are many different philosophers who appear during the fifth century one of this were the Sophist came from the greek word sophisma and sphizo meaning “I am wise”‚ their philosophy influenced Greece that led to democracy. The Sophist moves
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ARISTOTLE Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy
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In Book VII‚ Aristotle describes the three states of goodness‚ continence‚ virtue and superhuman virtue or the three states of badness‚ incontinence‚ vice and brutishness. Specifically‚ his first argument involves the concept of incontinence. What is incontinence? The continent person chooses to follow their conscience while the incontinent person allows something else to make that decision‚ ending up making a wrong decision. According to Socrates an individual can’t act against knowledge because
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To what extent do modern versions of Virtue Ethics address the weaknesses of Aristotle’s teachings on virtue? Aristotle’s idea of Virtue Ethics was influenced by his belief that all things and all humans have a purpose (a telos). For him a complete explanation of something has to include its final cause or purpose which essentially is to realise its potential. Virtue Ethics itself is concerned with the characteristics of a person rather than how a person behaves and it is this he outlined in his
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Virtue Theory as applied to Euthenasia Many people see humans as having an inherent purpose on this planet. That we are all significant individuals part of a larger system. Within this concept‚ several philosophers have tried to determine HOW we should act‚ and which decisions we SHOULD make. According to Utilitarianism and Kantianism there are guidelines and rules we should follow in order to make a morally correct decision. Virtue Theory goes a little further than that‚ while still remaining
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Virtue Ethics- Even though Billy did have too much to drink‚ that does not excuse him from going home and having sex with a woman he just met while he is in a relationship. While being a close friend to both people‚ Billy and Suzie‚ and knowing that I can’t stop him‚ it is my loyal and moral duty to act in a just and kind way which is to tell Suzie. A Virtue Ethics person would suggest that the right thing to do is look at an angelic person. A truthful friend that that doesn’t lie in order to make
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