Ethics have been around as long as mankind has been, but what ethics are, why they are important, and what can be called ethical isn’t easy to define. Every individual, whether they realize it or not, uses ethics even in there day to day life. So much that philosophers have to understand where they come from, and sometimes they don’t always agree on whether morality stems from, the heart, the mind, or the soul. Even though they disagree on it's origins, they all agree that being moral is important. It’s not always easy to be ethical, in fact sometimes it can be quite hard, some may even see ethics differently, depending on who you talk to, regardless, ethics don’t change, they are important for a happy and healthy life.
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Each philosopher discusses happiness, and many times their main points of morality focus on living a happy life, but some philosophers see happiness completely different. Some of the philosophers focus on reason or knowledge as the way to a happy life, for others they teach that true happiness can’t be obtained in this world but in the next, “As we have seen, Greek philosophers sought happiness in this life and used reason and wisdom as the keys that make a good life possible. In contrast, early Christianity stressed faith in a personal God, mediated through Jesus Christ, and directed individuals to follow the precepts or rules laid down by an omnipotent divinity who is the only source of morality.” (Classical Ethics, 69). Aquinas suggested that Greek philosopher’s ideals were right they just didn’t know enough about the subject to know that there was a greater happiness, “…Aquinas points out that Aristotle didn’t know about the possibility of an eternal supernatural happiness, so he only spoke about ordinary human happiness. That final supernatural happiness is the ultimate goal that all human action aims towards, it is the ‘beatific vision of God.”’ (Classical Ethics, 124). Kant argues that happiness has to have qualification or it can’t be good, “… even happiness, Aristotle’s candidate for that which is good in itself, is not good without qualification:” (Ethics book, 241). Each philosopher has a different meaning on how to obtain
Ethics is what …show more content…
Each philosopher discusses happiness, and many times their main points of morality focus on living a happy life, but some philosophers see happiness completely different. Some of the philosophers focus on reason or knowledge as the way to a happy life, for others they teach that true happiness can’t be obtained in this world but in the next, “As we have seen, Greek philosophers sought happiness in this life and used reason and wisdom as the keys that make a good life possible. In contrast, early Christianity stressed faith in a personal God, mediated through Jesus Christ, and directed individuals to follow the precepts or rules laid down by an omnipotent divinity who is the only source of morality.” (Classical Ethics, 69). Aquinas suggested that Greek philosopher’s ideals were right they just didn’t know enough about the subject to know that there was a greater happiness, “…Aquinas points out that Aristotle didn’t know about the possibility of an eternal supernatural happiness, so he only spoke about ordinary human happiness. That final supernatural happiness is the ultimate goal that all human action aims towards, it is the ‘beatific vision of God.”’ (Classical Ethics, 124). Kant argues that happiness has to have qualification or it can’t be good, “… even happiness, Aristotle’s candidate for that which is good in itself, is not good without qualification:” (Ethics book, 241). Each philosopher has a different meaning on how to obtain