Philosophers each obtain their own opinion on what is virtuous and what is just, these opinions are very likely to juxtapose one another but also contain a multitude of likely characteristics. Ethical views contrast from individuals amongst various societies who grow up and obtain values throughout their lives. Some believe that in order to be ethical one most follow alongside certain standards or rules (either unspoken or spoken) especially in a profession which may also include being a citizen, which some considered a profession as well. Aristotle and Nietzsche are two of the most well known philosopher’s of their time and obtain very opposing beliefs but within those beliefs they also share a few commonalities.
Aristotle believed in following a median between excess and deficiency of material goods and universalizing that as a universal principal towards everyone. In simplicity he states, “…Virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which is prudent man would use to determine it. It is a mean between too kinds of vice, one of excess and the other deficiency….” (27 Aristotle, …show more content…
For a single and universal human goodness to flourish one must move on to traditional moral thinking. Unlike Aristotle he believed that religion both silences and suffocates life itself from happening. He also believed that society is sick, ill, and unhealthy because of religion. In the mind of Aristotle moral means human. Every human being has a fixed constitution of psychophysical facts that determine what type of person he or she is. For example, Socrates’s physical facts were that he was ugly, physically weak, and had uncontrollable sexual urges. How Nietzsche believed in overcoming this was by becoming a part of society/for mind one. The societal sickness grows to become more than man
Aristotle believed in following a median between excess and deficiency of material goods and universalizing that as a universal principal towards everyone. In simplicity he states, “…Virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which is prudent man would use to determine it. It is a mean between too kinds of vice, one of excess and the other deficiency….” (27 Aristotle, …show more content…
For a single and universal human goodness to flourish one must move on to traditional moral thinking. Unlike Aristotle he believed that religion both silences and suffocates life itself from happening. He also believed that society is sick, ill, and unhealthy because of religion. In the mind of Aristotle moral means human. Every human being has a fixed constitution of psychophysical facts that determine what type of person he or she is. For example, Socrates’s physical facts were that he was ugly, physically weak, and had uncontrollable sexual urges. How Nietzsche believed in overcoming this was by becoming a part of society/for mind one. The societal sickness grows to become more than man