John Locke's argument that the pursuit of limitless wealth could somehow benefit society, as a whole, is proved erroneous by the works of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. ... Thomas Aquinas' views conform to those of Aristotle. The presentation of excess wealth as a justifiable lifestyle would make Aquinas scoff. ... Aquinas would argue that not only is limitless wealth immoral, it is also a sin. ... As Aquinas asserts "Divine law lets nothing contrary to virtue go unpunished,"(Aquinas Q77A1R1). ...

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Major theistic religions see God as a lawgiver who creates laws for us to obey. This notion, later elaborated upon and coined the Divine Command Theory, was once pondered by the Greek philosopher Socrates. In a recorded dialogue, he posed what is considered to be one of the greatest philosophical q...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. Lets start by defining the word orient. Orient means to so as to face the East, to place in a definite direction to the points of the compass or other fixed or known directions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the m...

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Taking a course in philosophy is like taking a journey to a foreign land. Lets start by defining the word orient. Orient means to so as to face the East, to place in a definite direction to the points of the compass or other fixed or known directions. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the m...

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Ethics and morality are synonymous terms, both meaning customs in their original languages, Greek and Latin respectively. However, the Greek term "ethics" also implies character as opposed to its Latin counterpart referring to social customs. Ethike is descended from ethikos which, in turn from etho...

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