Voluntary action

husband Jason betrayed her. The only way to get back at her husband is to kill her own children. There are two philosophers in particular that can relate to Medea and the actions that she has chosen. One of these philosophers being Aristotle and the other philosopher being Augustine. Both of these philosophers share similar views on free will that would blame Medea for her actions. Aristotle’s view on free will is based on voluntary and involuntary actions. He believes that only voluntary actions deserved to be praised or to be blamed (Aristotle, PP). In Medea’s case, she is to be blamed for her actions. Aristotle would argue that since Medea knew voluntarily…

1. The first type of involuntary action Aristotle describes is those done under compulsion, where the individual is not in control of what is happening. In other words, external cause is the only factor that contributed to one’s actions. The latter type is involuntary actions done through ignorance. This is dependent on the degree of one’s ignorance; ignorance that isn’t one’s fault is considered excusable, and it does not include willful ignorance, ignorance of the law, and recklessness or…

Aristotle realized voluntary and involuntary needs to be considered during a time frame in that an action is occurring. Involuntary is when someone is being asked to do something they are uncomfortable with due to blackmail. Ultimately this could harm someone they care about. An involuntary action suggests no consideration, no impulse or no desire to the action, but feel pain and regret. Non-voluntary is doing things out of ignorance. However, Aristotle provides six kinds of ignorance.…

philosopher Aristotle elaborates on the arguments which he has presented concerning moral virtues, and invokes the concepts of voluntary and involuntary actions, choice, and responsibility to support his claims. The first segment within Book III of The Nicomachean Ethics concentrates on the conditions required for a person to either praise or blame another individual with regards to the actions that the other party has undertaken. On the aforesaid matter, Aristotle suggests that individuals…

He first distinguishes between voluntary and involuntary actions, citing actions done by ignorance and by force as the only conditions of an involuntary action. According to Aristotle, an action done by force “has its principle outside the person forced, who contributes nothing,” and an action done by ignorance is caused by ignorance of the particulars (Aristotle, 31). These particulars are specific aspects of a situation and Aristotle identifies them as: “who is doing it; what he is doing;…

During the time I had between school and my job, I performed the most involuntary actions. For example, as I was watching a show on Hulu, there were various commercials play throughout the program. Between those commercial, I used my phone to go on Instagram and look at pictures, since I'm used to doing it most of the time, now these actions became a habit. It is a very involuntary action because there were occasions where I unlocked my phone and opened Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram or even…

Dr. Kallfelz PHI 3323 – 01 November 11, 2015 Euthanasia Euthanasia is directly or indirectly bringing about someone’s death for their own sake. There are four different types of euthanasia, such as voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia, passive euthanasia, and active euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia is when the patient or legal guardian agrees or requests euthanasia. Non-voluntary euthanasia is when the legal guardian agrees or requests to euthanasia while the patient is incapacitated…

my death when I am about to depart from life. " I wanted to start this essay with this quote from Seneca qua encloses the main principle that I sustain regarding this subject, which is the principle of autonomy. But before I express my view I would like to briefly introduce the topic. What does euthanasia mean? Etymologically, it means “easy death” and it includes all actions or omission of taking action in order to cause the death of someone, so that that person doesn’t physically suffer…

Mannes once said, “Euthanasia… is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.” Euthanasia, which can be defined as induced death free of pain and anxiety has often been used in medical procedures to allow patients to die a peaceful death. There are various forms of euthanasia that have been used, one being non-voluntary euthanasia in which someone connected to the patient makes the final decision due to their lack of ability to answer for themselves. This highly…

people have a right to assisted suicide and Euthanasia? And if so, how does it affect the whole society. Before I can try to answer those question I need to explain euthanasia and assisted suicide, ethical issues and explain my moral issue with this case. The word Euthanasia is a greek word and eu means good and Thanatos means death. Euthanasia is the deliberate act undertaken by one person with the intention of ending the life of another person in order to relieve that person’s suffering. There…