Two key philosophers, Aristotle and Immanuel Kant are famous for having two very distinct ethical viewpoints. ... The ethics of Kant and Aristotle will be analyzed as to whether abortion is ethical, and if so under what circumstances. ... The views opposed to the deontological approach of Immanuel Kant are exemplified through Aristotle's ethics. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived between the years of 384 and 322 BCE (Egs.edu, 2012). ... Aristotle's teleological approach to abortion also has its discrepancies as it allows for differences through circumstance. ...

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Aristotle believes happiness is what all men desire for their sakes. ... Aristotle believed that we should be good just because. ... Aristotle defines this as living according to rationality. ... Aristotle's position is solid, though many do not act in this way. ... Hume has a slightly different view from what Aristotle believes. ...

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Ethical Models 1A: Aristotle's Mean The earliest model to be formulated whose main aim of the model was dedicated in speech giving is Aristotle's Mean. ... Some think that Aristotle's mean is ironically enough, meaningless. ... In Confucius' Doctrine of the Mean we find a similar thread to Aristotle only there is an implied center of balance. ...

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Plato and Aristotle made clear that there was a distinction between humans and animals. ... Aristotle was more severe in his thinking as to the separation of humans and animals. In Aristotle's hierarchy of being, male humans occupied a place just next to the top, below angels but above female humans, slaves, and children. ...

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What is the right thing for me to do? As a broad question, the circumstances usually weigh upon our decisions. If we were to ask any number of people, each would respond differently and according to their own beliefs. The beliefs that people value and are the structure which they live by are c...

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Aristotle also deals with this issue in a similar way in his Nicomachean Ethics. In his investigation of justice, Aristotle argues that intention is crucial for an action that is in to be considered virtuous. ...

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On the other hand, Aristotle's ethics and his politics were founded on definitions and goals, though they remained linked to the empirical, the contingent and individual. ... Aristotle employed reason to discover as immanent order within the empirical world itself . ...

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"What's the right thing to do?" is a tricky question with many distinctive answers. In this book, the author talks about the obligations that people have in order to do the right thing in problematic situations in a society. The definition of justice is indescribable since there can be multiple defi...

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