will explain Susan Wolf’s description of the Moral Saint ideal and her objection to this ideal. Then, I will outline an argument against Wolf’s objection and evaluate if said argument will hold when faced with a counter-argument. My thesis is that Wolf’s argument for her objection to the Moral Saint ideal is invalid. Wolf’s central criteria for one to be a moral saint, is to be an individual whose life is absolutely centered upon the pursuit of only moral virtues, interests, activities, and relationships
To find the Good, one must instead engage in an arduous journey through darkness, riddled throughout with pitfalls. On this "steep, upward way" (7.516A)[1] one must navigate without a map. I assert that for a moral system to be necessary and applicable, there must exist a moral agent who possesses both the desire and the ability to choose. By denoting certain actions or ways of being as better, a moral system implies that there are also other potential actions
Catcher in the Rye (1951) by J.D Salinger is a book with a truly controversial history by being banned from bookstores, libraries, etc. during the time of its release and even now is very scarcely being brought back into the high school setting to be taught as part of the high school curriculum. While being confronted about reasons for being banned, protesters of this book give very vague arguments on why it should be banned such as “its a very filthy book,” or “its explicitly pornographic.” Even with
In Book I of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle defines the highest good to be happiness, claiming that happiness is the end, or good, at which every action, rational choice, and inquiry aims (Book I, pg. 3). He goes on to explain that happiness is the only thing that is complete without qualification, as well as self sufficient, meaning that it is sought for the sake of itself and lacking in nothing. He also attributes the ‘highest end’, or happiness, to be a good of the soul, meaning that it is
the second chapter of our book Ethics Theory And Practice It discuses ethical egoism and utilitarianism. Ethical Egoism is a theory that states that everyone should act in their own self interest. Ethical Egoism can take three forms: Individual ethical egoism, which states that everyone ought to act in my own self interest. Which obviously can’t work because not everyone is thinking about just one person. The next possible form it can take is personal ethical
Morals possessed by members of the community determine the nature and the ways that a society operates. Moral elements of an individual are the belief that a person exercises when interacting with social and personal relationships which they are attached to in the society and dictates the manner in which a person lives. Arguably, moral aspects guide an individual towards performing good deeds because they are able to differentiate between good and evil actions in their life. Moral values make people
In Book II of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses the idea of moral virtue. Aristotle emphasized the importance of developing moral virtue as the way to achieve what is finally more important, human flourishing (eudaimonia). Aristotle makes the argument in Book II that moral virtue arises from habit—equating ethical character to a skill that is acquired through practice, such as learning a musical instrument. However in Book III, Aristotle argues that a person 's moral virtue is voluntary
Book Report on Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Kant Kant states (38,) "act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a universal law of nature". This "categorical imperative" forms the basis of his book, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals. Though at times his writing is confusing Kant lays out his logic as to what a categorical imperative is. Kant divides the book into three sections. The first explains the transition from everyday
four different books within his book. In book one, Lewis discusses the Law of Nature and makes note of a tendency in humans of appealing to a standard of absolute truth in quarrels and arguments. He calls this standard the Law of Nature or the Moral Law. The Law isn't the same as the law of gravity
Over 11,300 books have been banned and/or challenged in the United States alone (Dankowski). Diverse groups of people choose to choose books for different reasons. The Outsiders displays some of these reasons, such as adult content, vulgar language, and encounters with the police. Nonetheless, different groups of people have chosen to petition against book banning, like The American Library Association. There are also reasons given for why books should not be banned; for example, good moral, future reference