Being a Good Person How can people make the life of others better? This is an important question that everybody has to ask themselves. However‚ not everyone can to answer it. It sounds easy‚ but it is not. Mahatma Gandhi said‚ “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” This phrase is the beginning of many changes in their attitudes. For example‚ some people donate organs‚ other people work as volunteers in natural disasters‚ and others opt to donate relief aid to children or seniors
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"Happiness is when what you think‚ what you say‚ and what you do are in harmony." - Mahatma Gandhi AS "Happiness depends upon ourselves." - Aristotle In Nichomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle argues the highest end is the human good‚ and claims that the highest end pursued in action is happiness. Also‚ Aristotle claims that happiness is achieved only by living a virtuous life - "our definition is in harmony with those who say that happiness is virtue‚ or a particular virtue; because an activity in accordance
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According to Aristotle the good life is the happy life‚ as happiness is an end in itself. He also believes that all actions aim at the good and that the good is happiness. I believe ‘some’ of Aristotle’s views on the good life are correct but I believe sometimes we can sacrifice our own happiness for someone else’s happiness and the people that don’t have the power to reason do have souls and they are still as human as everybody else. In order to make my point I will first have to explain Aristotle’s
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teaching of ethics primarily focuses on the good life‚ or more precisely‚ how one must go about to achieve the good life. In order to understand what the good life is‚ an examination of what is meant by ’the good’ is necessary. We often say things such as "that is a good car‚ that is a good computer‚ that is a good phone‚ etc." But what is it that allows us to make the judgement whether something is good or bad? If we take a closer look‚ something is either good or bad based on its operation. When a thing
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to be a good person? A good person is someone that is charitable‚ honest‚ and moral. A good person always tries to do the right thing‚ regardless of the consequences of their actions. They treat everyone the same regardless of differences between them and other people. They judge everyone fairly. They do not prejudge people because of their circumstances in life. A good person is someone you can trust to be honest. Sometimes the truth is not what people want to hear‚ but a good person would tell
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Joseph Wilson January 28‚ 2015 Good Person Ever since the existence of man‚ mankind has tried to define what a good person is. The greatest philosophers and the most influential people in history have tried to lead lives and be an example of a life worth living. My favorite and most influential political figure that I know and have studied is Nelson Mandela. His life experiences have taught me that I have been given a life to lead not for oneself‚ but for others and that to lead that life one
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or a person? How should you arrange your ideas and sentences in the paragraph? Obviously‚ time order would not be logical. When you are describing the way something looks - its physical appearance - it is not time but space that is important. Therefore‚ you should arrange your sentences and details according to where the objects being described are located. This type of organization is called spatial organization. In a descriptive paragraph‚ you must make the location of the objects being described
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require a change 1 indicators 2 parallel good V Personal view A what things are really important B why etiquette is relative 1 right to some / wrong to others 2 some expect more than others 3 situations can be perceived different ways VI Conclusion A re-discussion of why it is relative (from intro. & part V) B usefulness of defined rules 1 narrow situations 2 good common ones C re-statement / support from paper
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Optimistic Person What does optimism mean? Basically‚ it means focusing on the positive aspects of life. I consider myself to be an optimist because I always hope and expect events and plans‚ and everything surrounding me to turn out well‚ and that I look with a smile‚ positive attitude on the future. I’m absolutely sure that being optimistic is a lot better than being pessimistic. In my opinion‚ pessimism is disastrous. It ruins hope and possibilities. If a person is pessimistic‚ he doesn’t
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Question 7: Aristotle says we cannot really be happy without certain external goods that are not fully in our control: good family‚ friends‚ financial security‚ children‚ beauty. Do you agree? Do our external circumstances determine if we have a good life? Or can we have a good life by becoming independent of external circumstances? Answer: Before I begin to explain my answer to the first question‚ I think it’s important to note that Aristotle acknowledged the existence of contention between what
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