He also maintained that reason can support faith. ... Aristotle declared that a human being is "the rational animal" whose function is to reason. Thus, according to Aristotle, a happy life for human beings is a life governed by reason." ... The highest happiness of all, Aristotle believed, was the contemplative use of the mind." ... For example, how can the word table be used for all the individual objects that are tables? ...

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The question is what would I do and why, what would Aristotle say about my decision. ... Aristotle would most likely disagree with my selection because it does not involve telling the truth, and without truth there is not morality. ... In his theory he also states that decisions are based on sensation, desire and reason.... (Souryal, 143) Thought my decision would be morally wrong which goes against Aristotle's theory my reasoning for my actions would prevail my wrongful actions. ... I used logical thinking in my decision in and in a sense I thought morally in an immoral situation. ...

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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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If I had something to defend myself, like a gun, I would use it to the best of my ability to protect myself from any harm. ... There are four reasons why we should behave justly. 1) To avoid punishment. ... Aristotle believes that the good life can only be lived as a public life. Plato emphasis on empirical observations is that knowledge is good, and Aristotle's emphasis is you can learn about ethics and human behavior by observing human behavior. The philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and St. ...

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The reason why priest and ministers are thought of in this way is not because they are wiser; it is because they have better and deeper reasoning with morality than most people. ... Aristotle used this in his own thought, but the only thing missing in his ideas were God. ... This theory says that we should do what the course of conduct has the best reasons on its side. ...

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