Thus, according to Aristotle, a happy life for human beings is a life governed by reason." "Aristotle believed that a person who has difficulty behaving ethically is morally imperfect. His ideal person practices behaving reasonably and properly until he or she can do so naturally and without effort. ... "Aristotle tells us much about what the good life is like. ... If a person knows that moral virtue leads to happiness, he or she naturally acts virtuously. ...

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I've asked myself many times what I cannot live without in order to live an ethical life. ... Thus, I believe that we cannot live without religion to live an ethical life because it First, religion gives us purpose to action and thought. ... I have a friend called Tod, who was really a violent kid, but now I see him as a totally different person, a polite and respectable guy after he started believing in religion because the belief in god changed him ethically, which his parents, or teachers couldn't do. ... Without morals and ethics, science can become manipulated to control the...

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People have been philosophizing about the pursuit of a perfect life since the beginning of humanity, as we know it. ... Happiness is what Aristotle attributed to be the base of a perfect life. ... Thus a friendship with a good person is good and a friendship with a bad person is bad. ... The last trait to which Aristotle attributes to a perfect life is intellectual goodness. ... He says that intellectual is divine compared with the life of a human creature. ...

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It is for this reason that I have chosen Utilitarianism as the ethical and moral system I employ in my everyday life. ... " This quote, by Leon Trotsky, written in his book, Their Morals and Ours, depicts relativistic ideals in that through relativism, the end results of actions taken may easily justify said actions as long as the person taking said actions benefit from the end result. ... Furthermore, a person who follows a deontological mindset, which focuses more on the rightness or wrongness when it comes to an action rather than the consequences of an action, may look at a utilitar...

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All the people of the city have their maxims or conducts of living to have the good life. ... Each class in some way uses each of these to achieve living the good life. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ... No matter what class a person is in, there are ways of achieving the good life. ... It is how you govern your life that determines whether you live the good life. ...

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All the people of the city have their maxims or conducts of living to have the good life. ... Each class in some way uses each of these to achieve living the good life. ... Plato tells through ten books of the Republic, what the maxims are in each class to living the good life. ... No matter what class a person is in, there are ways of achieving the good life. ... It is how you govern your life that determines whether you live the good life....

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Aristotle writes that the life of study is more self-sufficient than any other kind of life (1177a). ... For admittedly he wise person, the just person, and the other virtuous people all need the good things necessary for life. Still, when these are adequately supplied, the just person needs other people as partners and recipients of his just actions; and the same is true of the temperate person, the brave person, and each of the others. ... Aristotle explains that the life of study is more self-sufficient than any other kind of life. ... For justice person, he or she needs at least one person...

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" Mill proves by this statement that we act in a certain way because of the greatest happiness principle; however, I am not convinced that is the way that people should act or the best way to live a moral life. ... Just because something makes one person happy does not make it morally correct. ... It is honestly wrong to murder an innocent person. ... The utilitarian view is neither the way that people should act nor the best way to live a moral life. It is not the best way of life....

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The American way of life provides endless opportunities for those who are well educated and prepared to work hard. ... The sharing of personal experiences, hopes and dreams will make me a well-rounded person. this will enable me to move comfortably in the various circles that make up a modern life. ... As a third point, a university education prepares the student to make ethical and moral choices in life. ... This kind of growth allows a person to live a life bases on principal instead of following the crowd. ... In order to become a useful happy person and a good member of society I need to...

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If you are able to achieve this mean you will lead the virtuous life. ... In everyday life we can see virtue of character being transmitted to younger generations. In order for a person to live a virtuous life it is essential for them to discover the balance that exists between excess and deficiency. ... A person with too little fear is considered to be rash. ... This good person is the person who has the virtues aiming at fine and right actions. ...

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As a person grows, learns, and develops, ethical actions may change and evolve in society's eyes and in the person's eyes as well. ... As a person grows and learns, their morals and ethics change, and with every new bit of knowledge, that person's ethics are changed. ... Ethics is very much like a philosophy on life, because there is no real way of determining what is right and wrong. ... Pascal said that if a person lives a holy life and believes in God, they would be better off weather there was a god or not, because their life would be much happier and honorable. ... If s...

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A code of ethics defines a person's identity and decency. Life becomes worthy of being lived when a person is capable of remaining true to his morals. ... In the same way a person's integrity is a consequence of that person's moral standards, character is determined by an individuals actions. ... As a result of reading The Crucible, Miller exposes the reader to a surplus of life lessons worthy of being taught. ... But more importantly, strong moral codes create a person worthy of respect, and it is not until that person comes to live by his moral principles that he can truly exp...

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We should honor all persons. Why should life be so difficult that a person has trouble in caring for and considering others? ... To what degree does that enhance your life? ... We all need to step back and evaluate our situation to where we do not harm, hurt, or hinder another person in their right to be able to live a productive, promising life. ... It is not a self -serving life. ...

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Virtue is moral goodness that is very important in life for all people and especially in presence. ... A single word can be a knife stabbing to the person's heart, or it may be word of a lovely licorice that cures the person's wound deep inside their heart. ... One person thinks deeply about the appropriate words for appropriate situations and for state of things. ... Our life is no different to a formula of uprightness of action. ... Virtue is very important in life for all people in presence. ...

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I agree with this statement because TV violence can change the way a person thinks and acts. ... To begin with, some people believe that television doesn't cause any type of change in a person's behavior, but what they don't know is that the change can occur without even that person realizing it. ... It may take years to recover from a violent life to a normal stable life style. ... "What a child learns about violence, a child learns for lifeteach carefully" All this aggressiveness can change a person life completely. ... Do people really want to live a life full of v...

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Living a life of morality is not as easy as people may think it to be. ... My theory is that this sense is usually gained from the surroundings on a person as a young child or from influences in a person's life. ... However, tolerance may hinder a person's self-interest goal. ... He dedicated his life to finding answers to all contradictions that exist in modern life. ... This has played a big part in my life specifically. ...

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If my life was in danger and it came down to killing someone, I would kill that person. I am not going to just stand there and let that person kill me. ... (Benko, notes) How would an unjustly person be able to live a better life or be remember as better, if what he or she was doing was wrong? ... Plato believes that the good and just person will live a public life and help to create a good state. Aristotle believes that the good life can only be lived as a public life. ...

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As far as virtue, it is not happiness because a person may be virtuous and not apply it to their life. ... He says, "The happy person is one who expresses complete virtue in his activities, with an adequate supply of external goods, not just for any time but for a complete life." ... Whereas Aristotle said that happiness is achieved when a person fulfills natural tasks through a well-balanced life, Augustine believed that happiness required that a person go beyond the natural to the supernatural. He thought that a person's nature was made so that only God could give the person ultimate...

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The ultimate end, the final cause, according to Aristotle would be to achieve happiness in one's life. ... Because if the only reason we did things was to be happy, then we wouldn't do may of the things that we do in life. ... You locate the virtuous person in a society where he/she shows their virtues. ... Being a gymnast is this person's skill and by competing against other gymnasts in the Olympics, this person is able to use their specific talents. ... The perfected person of human virtue is going to be well-rounded in everything. ...

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Aristotle says that humans use reason to find a balance between excesses and deficiencies in life virtues. ... It is this reaction of the person that Aristotle says makes the person virtuous or not. A person responsible for his own actions. ... For example generosity, a virtuous, generous person gives away the money he can spare but not too much to where he can no longer afford to live. The generous person not only does this virtuous action, but he will not regret giving away his money, and he gave it to the right person. ...

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If a person decides to have sex, whether it is done with protection or not, the result is her responsibility and she must be willing to deal with the consequences. ... It is a well-known fact that life begins at the moment of conception. ... When we perform an abortion, we take the life of an innocent child. ... No one has thee right to take the life of another person, even an unborn child. ... These risks are present regardless of whether the abortion is done by a trained professional or by an inexperienced person. ...

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Instead of their family watching them suffer, and the patient continuing to experience anymore unbearable pain, it is requested that the doctor ends their life for them, usually carried out by lethal injection, "quick and painless." " On the other hand, letting someone die (passive) is carried out if a person is hospitalized from a chronic illness and are placed on life support. Knowing that they have no chance of living, it is requested that if the person experience anything, such as going into analytic shock, the doctor should not resuscitate or even chose to takes them off life support. T...

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Either way, ethical principles are a crucial part of my life as well as my future as a nurse. ... Autonomy can be explained as a person's right to be independent without inhabiting outside influences and receiving respect in the decisions chosen; the ability to be your own person and make your own decisions. ... An example of justice in my life was how my parents raised me not to see color when it comes to a person, we are all equal. ... This is an ethical principle used in my life day to day, as a wife and mother to my children. ... They are goals that can help achieve success and mora...

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Some felt that being deaf was not a life threatening condition and because of this they believed that the screening done on these embryos had no ethical merit or there was a need to question the ethics behind it. ... It poses a true-to-life question in that the decision made by the patient as well as the doctor could inevitably change the make up of a human life completely. ... If we could prevent a person from being deaf, then why not allow that person the ability to enjoy life as a fully functioning person. On the other hand, genetic screening for eye color or hair color is really,in...

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The higher degree of morality of a person the more likeable he or she becomes. ... He begins to make himself appear to be a person of higher status, when he is actually living life as a swipe, all to get the attention of a woman. ... The stories are written in first person. ... Although the Fool is an immoral person who lies throughout his life, the chance for change allows readers to see him as more moral. ... Dee did not lie like the Fool did and never invents ways to get even with people who have interfered with her life. ...

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