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Can Ethics Be Taught

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Aristotle believed that ethics cannot be taught. Because Aristotle believed that there are natural ethical tendencies in humans and making moral judgments about them, one arrives at the conception of general principles that allow a person to live the good life. I believe that we can teach people about moral theories but not ethics because humans are born with an ability for goodness which, Aristotle advise, must be developed by practice. I think that ethics in the sense of passing down good principles for living that will make people who are falling toward negative behaviors change. For example, if a child is lying constantly and does not see any consequences then they will do it more often. And forget about telling the truth but if we teach
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