1. Describe/explain the life of Socrates. (Special attention: Why didn’t he write anything?) Socrates was born in Athens, Greece around 470 BC. In the time, he was well known for his conversational and teaching skills but he never actually wrote anything so everything we know about his life comes from the texts of his students Aristophanes, Xenophon and the most famous one, Plato.
I am a 9th grade student at the Central East High School. Our English class recently read and watched your article on “High School Tanning Grounds”, and as a class discussed how we felt about it, and rather we agree or not. I agree with you, there are many labels that exist in high school, and after reading this article I have a better perspective on how someone can be labeled. What really stuck with me was when you said, “No wondered so many of my people spit bars because the truth is too hard to handle.” This stood out to me because it is so true.
In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, he outlines the different scenarios in which one is responsible for her actions. There is, however, a possible objection which raises the possibility that nobody is responsible for their actions. Are we responsible for some of our actions after all? If so, under what circumstances?
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics begins by exploring ‘the good’. Book I argues that, unlike other goods, “happiness appears to be something complete and self-sufficient, and is, therefore, the end of actions” (10:1097b20-21). In other words, happiness is the ultimate good. But how does one achieve happiness? Aristotle formulates this in the context of work, since for all things, from artists to horses, “the good and the doing it well seem to be in the work” (10:1097b27-28).
"It is very hard to be virtuous, but very easy to become vicious"- Aristotle. Aristotle follows the same way of Socrates and Plato of that the virtues are the center of human well-being. ("Aristotle´s Ethics") He applied a careful and descriptive path to his inspection in the Nicomachean Ethics. (350BC) this theory was written for politicians as a guide to governance also was made to help society specially the kids, so they can grow in the path of ethics.
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Book ll, is about his idea of how people should live a virtuous life. Throughout this book, he explains that humans learn virtue from instructions and we learn virtue from practice too. Virtue is something that is very important because it is a moral habit that results in keeping our moral values. Aristotle believed that nobody is born with virtue, everyone has to work at it daily. After reading Nicomachean ethics, Book ll, my main conclusion of it is that us as humans are better off being virtuous than simply doing what we feel like doing at any moment in time.
Thus, when human function is done well, it is in accordance with virtue and best human life is achieved. In addition, it can be inferred that since Aristotle’s definition of happiness is to be virtuous, performing rational activity well can lead to happiness. In addition, Aristotle states, “if there are more than one virtue, in accordance with the best and most complete” (1098a18). This means that eventually there will be one virtue that is inclusive of all virtue and that displays an end, and this virtue will be in line with the self-sufficient and inclusive concept of happiness as the chief good. If this inclusive virtue and good is achieved, ultimate happiness will be achieved as well.
Intellectual qualities, which include abilities like critical thinking, logic, and judgment, are acquired via education and study. On the other hand, moral virtues, which include traits like bravery, honesty, generosity, and compassion, are acquired via repetition and practice. According to Aristotle, moral qualities are necessary for human flourishing and allow people to have excellent, fulfilling lives. According to him, developing moral qualities entails striking a balance between excess and deficiency, which may be accomplished over time by purposeful repetition and habituation. In general, virtue was seen by Aristotle as an essential element of living well and obtaining eudaimonia, or human
Although all three philosophers have an astounding take on life I felt more like I found myself resounding with aristotle- especially when it came to his take on ethics. Aristotle did not believe in the existence of inherently bad behaviors, but rather than putting emphasis on the end choices you make. A behavior cannot be either good or evil, but a person can have good or bad character traits. Aristotle said that all people are composed of a combination of vice (bad character traits) and virtue (good character traits). He uses this concept to explain the thesis: Virtue is a disposition concerned with choice.
It is discussed that there is a major distinction between being virtuous and acting virtuously. Virtues are concerned with the actions and passions. “With both of these they are also accompanied by both pleasure and pain” (Aristotle). Virtue is simply not an isolated action either but instead a habit of acting well. With actions, in order for them to be virtuous an individual needs to do it deliberately with knowledge that they are doing it because it a noble action.
“Every skill and every inquiry, and similarly every action and rational choice, is thought to aim at some good; and so the good has been aptly described as that which everything aims. But it is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are activities, while others are products which are additional to the activities. In cases where there are ends additional to the actions, the products are by their nature better than activities.” (Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics, as translated by Crisp, 2000, p. #3) Aristotle was the first philosopher who wrote a book on ethics titled, Nichomachean Ethics.
Because it is the nature of man to pursue honor, the nature of happiness is also associated with this pursuit. However, it is the nature of man to aim for happiness despite each individual’s particular view of the concept. Although Aristotle acknowledges these different views that are attributable to happiness, he highlights the
Virtue Ethics is the theory of morality that makes virtue the central concern. Aristotle is a philosopher known for virtue ethics, his theories relate to society, self, education, and metaphysics. Virtue ethics rely on ourselves and it doesn't have anything to do with society or religion. When it comes to virtue ethics you’re asking yourself “what should I be?”, instead of “what should I do?”. Morality goes from what's right or wrong; this goes with the principles and values of a person.
as being considered as happiness, as they often by nature accompany stipulated happiness as the activity of virtue. This Aristotle goes on to consider, 1) the general nature of the good character and good action, then 2) the principal moral virtues, the virtues of that part of man which can follow the plan laid down by reason, then 3) the virtue of intellect (Shimomissé). He also examines the ideal life or the idea of the life of in agreement with virtue. Aristotle notes that all of us possess the good character by nature in the form of power, but it has to be sufficiently developed to an actuality by practice. So what we have to do is to develop a habit of doing virtuous acts without any thematic consciousness.
Aristotle advanced the philosophy of ethics, where he demonstrated that it is a means of achieving an end to happiness. However, happiness means many things to different people. To Aristotle, the most adequate way to pursue happiness is through the virtue of excellence. In his writings, Aristotle connected his therory of virtue to economics, and leadership as well. It is a matter of connecting ones personal ethics to that of ones business ethics.
