Virtue ethics

Can virtue be taught? Can education make a man good? Theses questions are asked, pondered, and critically contemplated again and again the pages, of Plato’s Meno. However, we as readers never receive a straightforward answer due to the reason of Socrates leaving the reader with the choice of conclusively pondering over the substantial questions and eventually coming to a conclusion for oneself. The birth of these questions is brought forth to Socrates by an impatient and prideful man by the…

The Notion of True Friendship and One-sided Relationships In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, he claims that the best kind of friendship as one where equity on both sides is emphasized and present, and recognition of both sides mutual admiration for each other. Although others might argue one-sided friendships can often fail due to the lack of perceived mutual admiration or reciprocation, I argue against this view. In order to defend this argument I will present and explain Aristotle’s notion of…

Aristotle argues, in his book Nicomachean Ethics, that the good every action, art, pursuit, and question leads to is ultimately happiness. This paper is going to detail Aristotle’s reasoning behind that claim. Then an argument will be made for the objection of one of Aristotle’s reasons that happiness is the end goal for humans. At the beginning, Aristotle first argues that there is an end to everything. There's an end to activities, subjects, actions, and more. That end is desired for its own…

Ethics of the food industry is one of the most important topics worthy of academic research in the marketing field. Health officials claim that food companies conduct business unethically, while food companies claim that they are behaving in an ethical manner. This industry has a crucial economic power on consumers all over the world. In order to conduct a thorough analysis I applied the ethics in question to all four models. I don’t think the Virtue Base model would work well in this…

have tutored Alexander the Great. His work varied from topics such as biology, logic and mainly ethics. Aristotle died in 322 BC but his legacy carries on because of the relevance his works still holds today. Although his work was written over 2,000 years ago, it continues to provide significant insight to human behavior and ethics. Aristotle based a lot of his work on the virtue of character. A virtue is defined as a behavior…

Kantian ethics is deontological, in terms of moral theory. Due to that fact, Kantian ethics does not consider the consequences of an action but on whether it fulfills one's duty defined in the categorical imperative. Imperatives are forms of command; in this case, Kantian ethics abides by the categorical imperative which is defined as an objective that is rationally necessary and an unconditional principle that we must always take after in spite of any common wishes or slants we may have. All…

Virtue is the habit of choosing the mean between the extremes of excess and deficiency with regard to some action or emotion. Most importantly, virtue brings upon friendship since virtue is the parent and preserver of friendship and without virtue, friendship cannot exist at all. Aristotle’s aristotelian view on friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics Books 8 & 9 contrasts and compares with Cicero’s eclectic view on friendship in De Amicitia in numerous ways. Aristotle defines friendship as two…

Professional Code of Ethics in Relation to Nursing Each passing day, decisions are made that require the guidance and support that ethics provides in order to address situations with fairness. All professional arenas are expected and required to uphold standards that are centered on ethical principles. Ethics, according to Baillie, H., McGeehan, J., Garrett, T., & Garrett, R. (2013), “seeks to determine how human actions may be judged right or wrong” (p. 1). As nursing students, we are taught…

when the monks are threatened with persecution and violence, they respond by following Jesus’ example of love. As the terrorists approach the monastery, the monks emphasize the key principle of Jesus-nonviolence. Nonviolence as an embodiment of the virtue of love is represented by the monks meeting the terrorists outdoors, thereby preventing guns from entering into the monastery. The monks’ action upholds an important ideal of Jesus as the Prince of Peace (Isaiah [9:6]). Ironically, this occurs…

Critical Thinking and Ethics Critical thinking and ethics has an important relationship with each one depending on the other. Critical thinking is something you do almost every day from buying a new car to deciding what route to take to work in order to save the most money. Critical thinking also plays a role in developing our ethics when we are figuring out whether something is right or wrong or what the consequences could be of each choice. Defining Critical Thinking and How It Is Used Ellis…