According to Aristotle the highest good for human beings is Eudaimonia/happiness and that a rational choice of life will be one directed to one’s own happiness. Only a life in which one cultivates the traditional virtues will be a happy life. Eudaimonia‚ or ’happiness ’‚ is the supreme goal of human life. Aristotle believed that everything has a purpose - the good for a knife is to cut‚ and a good knife is one that cuts well. In the same way‚ Eudaimonia is the ’good ’ for a person. Aristotle draws a distinction
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‘The only reason to be moral is because it is the right thing to do’ Discuss. Morality is defined as the principles of distinguishing between good and bad behaviour. We call the murderer an immoral person because they have committed a ‘bad’ action. We also stereotype charity workers as moral because they are devoted to helping others. But what motivates our moral behaviour? In an attempt to answer this‚ I will assess several key theories and thinkers to prove that morality is a means of achieving
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Today ’s key concepts come from ancient Greek Philosophy. These concepts include arete meaning excellence or virtue‚ phronesis meaning practical or moral wisdom‚ and eudaimonia meaning flourishing. In the west virtue ethics were the prevailing approach to ethical thinking in the ancient and medieval times. The difference between these three approaches to morality tends to
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psychological: just a part of being human. • Virtue Ethics makes ethical behaviour into the aim (telos) of life. • Aristotle puts forward ‘aretaic ethics’ (from the Greek arête – ‘excellence’)‚ stating that developing an excellent character is all-important‚ rather than following a set of prescribed ethical norms. • The ultimate goal is eudaimonia (‘flourishing’)‚ for a person who practises virtue will feel happy and content. Aristotle on Happiness and Virtue (AO1 material) • Aristotle distinguishes
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Imagine for a second that you are sitting in a hospital room. Your loved one has been admitted to the emergency room and is hooked up to an ekg monitor which is the only device monitoring them while the doctors and nursing staff leave to see other patients. Not many people think of the Biomedical engineer who built this device‚ and even less people consider the virtues that engineer learned in their undergraduate degree. Consider the outcomes of this scenario if the person who built that device
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The Greek word generally translated as “happiness” is eudaimonia‚ and it can equally be rendered as “success” or “flourishing.” People who are eudaimon are not in a particular emotional state so much as they are living successfully. While happiness is the activity of living well‚ virtue represents the potential
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analysis of political activity and behavior‚ must be closely studied together in order to fully grasp the meaning of and obtain the good way of life. Aristotle believes that there is only one goal‚ one ultimate end for every individual—that is eudaimonia‚ translated as happiness‚ not as a feeling but happiness as the highest human good or a life full of activity. He claims that a person should live a way of life distinct from the lives of animals‚ where they only live for the sake of living or pleasure
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deontology and consequentialism).” “A system of virtue ethics‚ having offered an account of the good life‚ then identifies those habits and behaviours that will allow a person to achieve that good life: these habits and behaviours are the virtues (arête). In the course of one’s activities one will have opportunity to practice these virtues. Sometimes these virtues will be‚ or will seem to be‚ in conflict with one another: a common dilemma is the apparent conflict between honesty and compassion‚ when
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Analyse the key features of Virtue Ethics Virtue ethics is a custom which goes back to Plato and Aristotle; it is also known as aretaic ethics‚ from the Greek word arête meaning excellence or virtue. There are a number of key features to virtue ethics‚ one of the most significant being that it is an agent-centered theory rather than act-centered theory. Therefore it asks the questions ‘What sort of person ought I to be?’ rather than ‘How ought I to act’. The concept does not focus on actions being
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Lao-tzu Believed in Tao Te Ching: The way things are The Tao is the way‚ law‚ principle. Essence‚ balance of nature 1. The Tao escapes precise definition 2. Tao is intangible‚ it’s energy 3. Tao is powerful‚ humans are weak 4. Radical Naturalism Tao is a force of nature not a force of spirit * Art over science art is wiser‚ deeper * Intuition over logic * Nature over society. Social Pessimism (Escapism) Every society is corrupted bureaucracy society restricts
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