In this paper I will argue that pleasure and pain are imperative in the moral life. My main reason is that in order to live a moral life you must be morally virtuous, which involves pleasure and pain which are always paired with actions and feelings. The crucial importance of pleasure and pain and its role in the moral life are statements that are more likely to be true then false.
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Aristotle was a very influential philosopher who focused on the happiness principle and all that happiness entailed: “The Nicomachean Ethics”. He thoroughly discussed the realms in which happiness can be achieved, with in the realms are the key concept of virtues; moral and intellectual. In his literature he said “If the virtues are concerned with actions …show more content…
This suggests that moral development doesn’t begin until we are able to control our bodily driven appetites and desire. As well as feel the effects of pleasure and pain for appropriate objects; the key aspect being able to recognize the feeling of pleasure and pain outside of our bodily sensations, which is crucial in moral development and a moral life.
A philosophers deeper look into Hume’s ethics on moral sentiments state: “Pleasure and pain must be involved in moral evaluation because they are always present in the indirect passions as well as for why the moral sentiments cannot be produced either by inanimate objects or by anything but the character of a person” (Boatright, 84). This examination advocates that pleasure and pain are substantial in the moral evaluation of an individual’s attitude towards a situation. This view also suggest that pleasure and pain are critical in a moral life, because if not primary they are always exist …show more content…
We are predisposed by nature to our moral virtues, but they can only be fully experienced by repeated expression and practice of them. Our moral virtues concentrate on our actions and feelings, and our actions and feelings always have an underlying presence of pleasure or pain (Aristotle 4-284). Being virtuous and understanding and recognizing the practical amount of pleasure and the minimal amount of pain one can take in help individuals to morally develop and in fact be virtuous. In turn how virtuous one is contributes to their capability to achieve happiness (Aristotle
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Aristotle was a very influential philosopher who focused on the happiness principle and all that happiness entailed: “The Nicomachean Ethics”. He thoroughly discussed the realms in which happiness can be achieved, with in the realms are the key concept of virtues; moral and intellectual. In his literature he said “If the virtues are concerned with actions …show more content…
This suggests that moral development doesn’t begin until we are able to control our bodily driven appetites and desire. As well as feel the effects of pleasure and pain for appropriate objects; the key aspect being able to recognize the feeling of pleasure and pain outside of our bodily sensations, which is crucial in moral development and a moral life.
A philosophers deeper look into Hume’s ethics on moral sentiments state: “Pleasure and pain must be involved in moral evaluation because they are always present in the indirect passions as well as for why the moral sentiments cannot be produced either by inanimate objects or by anything but the character of a person” (Boatright, 84). This examination advocates that pleasure and pain are substantial in the moral evaluation of an individual’s attitude towards a situation. This view also suggest that pleasure and pain are critical in a moral life, because if not primary they are always exist …show more content…
We are predisposed by nature to our moral virtues, but they can only be fully experienced by repeated expression and practice of them. Our moral virtues concentrate on our actions and feelings, and our actions and feelings always have an underlying presence of pleasure or pain (Aristotle 4-284). Being virtuous and understanding and recognizing the practical amount of pleasure and the minimal amount of pain one can take in help individuals to morally develop and in fact be virtuous. In turn how virtuous one is contributes to their capability to achieve happiness (Aristotle