Aristotle defines happiness as actions that are pleasant to a virtuous man. ... Justice is defined by Aristotle as proportion and equality. ... It would be immoral and unethical to treat someone differently who holds the same position or title as someone else for any reason, this goes for paying someone more than another that does the same job as the guy next to him. ... Aristotle identifies five intellectual virtues as wisdom, scientific knowledge, reason, practical wisdom and skill knowledge. ... I believe that Aristotle creates a sense that politics can be seen in not only government but a...

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It is for this reason that Kant rejected consequentialist or utilitarian notions, such as the greater good (Johnson, 2004). ... The second maxim states that you must not use a person as a means to an end. ... Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between the years of 384 and 322 BCE (Egs.edu, 2012). ... " (Kraut, 1997) On the other hand, Aristotle recognizes termination as unvirtuous if the sole reason for the act is for the sake of the act itself. ... The Catholic Church maintains a mostly deontological viewpoint on abortion, however it allows for what is known as 'The Doubl...

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Aristotle then applies this to human existence in its entirety. ... The human race is undeniably unique in circumstance as it possesses intellectual rationality and reason. ... Rationality and reason allow humans to devise complex systems of morality and self development, also know as virtue. ... Aristotle then objectively defines what he agrees to be virtuous behavior. ... External pleasures have nothing to do with the soul, but are not harmful unless used in excess. ...

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Since children do not yet the posses reason, he believes music is necessary for condition as rhythm and harmony penetrate the soul deeply, it tunes the mind. ... In essence, the allegory of the cave is equivalent to the conditioning used in a state that would be exposed to censorship. ... Moreover, Aristotle makes a strong case in regards of a tyrant. ... This example confirms the contradiction expressed by Aristotle as he unconsciously disproves one of his main supporting arguments he uses to explain the reasoning for why music in a state must be censored. In the republic, Aristotle also exp...

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According to Immanuel Kant, father of the morality of practical reason, a good will is good in itself. ... His morality of practical reason insists that morality can only be found through an examination of reason. ... Believing that the only good reason for doing the 'right thing' was because of duty. ... Providing us with another alternative for ethical reasoning is Aristotle's formulation of 'virtue ethics'. Aristotle considers what the ultimate goal of a worthwhile human life should be. ...

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Martha Nussbaum interprets Aristotle's virtues as absolutes in that she claims that virtues such as Justice, Temperance, Generosity etc. are essential elements of human flourishing across all societies and throughout time, therefore they are absolute principles. ... Although it may be overboard to describe all other modern virtue ethicists as moral relativists, Nussbaum makes it clear in that she believes a relativist approach is purely incompatible with Aristotle's virtue theory. ... Slote uses the words 'admirable' and 'deplorable' instead of 'good...

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