In this essay‚ with all the information I have gathered from the readings and lectures‚ I will be discussing an essential concept of Aristotle’s virtue ethics; his “doctrine of the mean”. I will provide a detailed explanation of Aristotle’s mean‚ how it is meant to be applied when making decisions‚ provide arguments from various sources that agree with the main concept of the “doctrine of the mean” and with all of the information gathered‚ I will prove that this doctrine is extremely useful to people
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Virtue ethics‚ emphasising techniques promoting an agent’s character and instructing their conscience‚ has become a significant mode of discourse in modern medical ethics. Healthcare whistleblowers‚ whose complaints are reasonable‚ made in good faith‚ in the public interest‚ and not vexatious‚ we argue‚ are practising those obligations of professional conscience foundational to virtue based medical ethics. Yet‚ little extant virtue ethics scholarship seriously considers the theoretical foundations
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Virtue is having high moral integrity. One who is virtuous will do what must be done‚ not for the benefit of themselves‚ but for others. According to Plato‚ an ancient Greek philosopher‚ a virtuous man must embody the four cardinal virtues: prudence‚ doing the right thing‚ justice‚ giving people what they deserve‚ courage‚ being brave in the face of danger‚ and temperance‚ restraint from what one wishes to do most. This idea of virtue is present in Odysseus‚ the main character in the epic poem‚ The
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more specific abortion. Abortion is an essentially malevolence act that dangerously violates the dignity of an innocent human being by taking away his or her life. It is not a surgical or medical safe procedure. It is indispensable to mention that abortion seriously injures the dignity of those innocent babies‚ which people who support it say they are not human beings‚ and also indispensable to affirm that people who commit it suffer psychological and moral trauma. Marginalizing abortion marginalizes
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Teenage Abortion After reading another essay on teen abortion‚ I started to think‚ and eventually decided to write out my thoughts on the subject. I’m offering a different point of view‚ not an attack. Their essay was truly touching‚ and even a bit disturbing. I couldn’t help but shake my head at the thought of a parent forcing their child; a fellow human being‚ a life that they created‚ to make such an important and life changing decision like having an abortion‚ and yet‚ in a strange
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Introduction As Abortion being my chosen case study to investigate‚ I plan to present the science and in addition‚ the ethical views that concern the colossal issue and controversy to do with aborting disabled babies in the womb‚ furthermore the statistics associated with abortion will be thoroughly looked at and explored in grave detail in order for me to acquire the most reliable scientific facts which will benefit the conclusion of this case study. Arguments for and against abortion will be examined
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“Abortion Decisions: Personal Morality” Daniel Callahan has his own opinions on the idea of abortion. While he believes that abortion is similar to the act of taking a human life‚ he states that in several situations‚ it may be justifiable. a) There are many problems which arise when people try to deduce whether or not they are actually taking a human life. Callahan believes that biological evidence would not help approve or disapprove when the beginning of life is for the fetus. The decision
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84 RUSSIAN STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY Russian Studies in Philosophy‚ vol. 42‚ no. 1 (Summer 2003)‚ pp. 84–95. © 2003 M.E. Sharpe‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 1061–1967/2003 $9.50 + 0.00. D.V. BUGAI Plotinus’s Treatise On the Virtues (I.2) and Its Interpretation by Porphyry and Marinus Manibus tatianae magistrae As is well known‚ Plotinus’s philosophy served as the starting point for the development of all Neoplatonism. It created the basic schema that set the framework for the thought
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abundant evidence for strong similarities in Aristotle and Confucius’s outlooks concerning ethics. Emerging from the point that both of their works can be classified as examples of virtue ethics and building upon the numerous areas of convergence between them too it is clear that both Aristotelian and Confucian virtue ethics can be discussed in terms with each other and are not exclusionary of the ideas or concepts‚ nor the internal workings‚ of the other. With this‚ then‚ two very different cultural
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Nature is what compels us to develop the virtues which define us as humans. Odysseus virtues are the only things which keep him alive in the face of incredible danger at the hands of natural threats. Today we live insulated and protected from hostility nature. We do not have the virtue in the same capacity as those which enable Odysseus to survive. In Odyssey many people consider Odysseus as a man of virtues and vice. He was declare as a man of virtues during the time Polyphemos start to eat
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