Meno asks Socrates‚ is it possible to teach virtue or is it something that can be learned through practice. On the other hand is it just something that people just posses or is it just learned through some other way. Now the argument goes as follows: If you know what to look for to learn something‚ then there is no reason to learn it: If virtue is taught‚ then there must be a teacher of virtue. Virtue is taught Therefore‚ there is a teacher of virtue If one would want to start to understand this
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Philosopher Robert Louden presented a criticism of virtue ethics. Rather than arguing that virtue ethics as a moral theory is wrong‚ Louden argues that the agent-centeredness of values ethics fails to provide adequate guidance for the action of the agent‚ thereby making the theory useless and disregardable. Louden’s first criticism is that virtue ethics does not allow for actions to be viewed separately from the agent (Louden‚ 228). This focus on virtues and not actions result poses a problem when assessing
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ARISTOTLE‚ MILL AND MARX‚ CONTRAST SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES Of the many Greek moralists and writers‚ Aristotle offers the most psychological and insightful accounts of virtuous character. This is particularly true to observation as most of the character treatments with respect to philosophical insight are focused mainly on Aristotle’s analysis. The reality of life is that humans abide by choices and elements that define how we live which are enshrined in ethics as described through the works of
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Throughout the books of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics that we have read thus far‚ he speaks of virtues both intellectual in nature as well as moral‚ appearing in people first as a result of nature. He then describes how through further education and “habituation”‚ those characteristics or behaviors become active in our lives and allow us to behave justly. Further‚ although virtues are a thing relating to the individual‚ he discusses them in relation to one another‚ sort of generalizing them for
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the consequences of the things he does. Doctor cares only for himself‚ puts his experiments before his fiancé‚ and later when the monster kills her‚ he brings her back to life‚ regardless of her feelings on the matter. Second theme is a love theme between Elizabeth and Victor Frankenstein. His seemingly lunatic experiments turn out to be all for the sake of one belief which is that people deserve to live out their lives in the company of those they love. In this movie‚ the creature is treated like
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Schwann and M.J. Schleiden introduced the cell theory; the theory that individual cells make up all tissues.1 However‚ due to the lack of staining techniques at the time‚ not much was known about nervous tissue and many scientists wondered if it even conformed to the same rules followed by all the other cells in the body. Two major theories were proposed regarding the nervous system: the reticular theory by Josef van Gerlach‚ and the neuron doctrine theory.1 Eventually‚ in 1873‚ an Italian scientist
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To start this off‚ conservatives and liberals are quite opposite of eachother. Liberals are into new ideas and fixing things as Conservatives are more traditional and don’t like change. Liberals believe that everyone should work together and rely on the government to fix their problems‚ on the other hand conservatives believe that things should be kept personal and problems should be solved on a personal level. Conservatives believe in a strong national security because without it we are open to
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Utilitarianism Utilitarianism the ethical doctrine of the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the criterion of the virtue of action. The principle that utilitarianism use in making moral decisions is a form of moral hedonism; that people should seek pleasure and avoid pain. Utilitarianism seeks to produce the greatest good for the greatest number. But‚ the problem is in determining what the greatest good is. Utilitarian define the “good” as good is what equates pleasure and reduces
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Throughout the history of the United States it is amazing to think that it has only operated under two different constitutions. The first was the Articles of Confederation beginning March 1‚ 1781 and then the Constitution on June 21‚ 1788. After only seven years‚ the Articles were analyzed and re-written by a lot of the same people who constructed them. The Articles of Confederation created the national Congress. The Congress consisted of one single chamber. At this time there were 13 states
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Diversity: Similarities and Differences: For those individuals with an intellectual disability‚ there needs to be a mutual respect and understanding. Each ID individual is a unique individual‚ with characters different from the other. We as the “normal” ones would not want to be placed in a category as being all the same‚ nor should we do it to these individuals. There should never be a separation of a people‚ and shame on us when we all let it happen. We should recognize their individuality
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