How Does Aristotle's Virtue Ethics Restore Justice

Aristotle’s virtue ethics assume that moral virtue is necessary for flourishing, It logically follows, then, that those exhibiting the ordinary vices of domination, despite appearances to the contrary, are far from ever attaining a truly good life. Aristotle’s ethics are too narrow in scope, because any code of ethics should be universally applicable and equal because reinforcing privilege and oppressive structures negatively affect everyone's chances--including the perpetrator’s-- at developing the virtues described in Nicomachean Ethics and therefore negatively affect everyone's chances at leading the best life possible.

“Can virtue be taught?”, was a question I struggled with when Meno ask Socrates. In Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle answers the question in a way I better understand. He believes that virtue can be taught and if you are taught good behavior you are excellent. He especially believes that the virtue of a human being is “being characteristic”, which helps me understand “What is virtue? “Virtue, according to Aristotle, are the characteristics that makes us either good or bad. Everything we do is not natural we learn what is moral and immoral by what we were taught. Somethings we believe are right might not be right to others, but just because we may think it is immoral does not make it necessarily wrong. Aristotle mentions that passion is presented in the soul virtue.

To what extent do modern versions of Virtue Ethics address the weaknesses of Aristotle’s teachings on virtue?

According to Aristotle, a virtue is a trait of mind or character that helps us achieve a good life, which he argues is a life in accordance with reason. There are two types of virtue: intellectual and moral. Aristotle holds the view that moral virtues are states of character lying in the middle between extremes of deficiency and excess. Moral virtue has to do with feeling, choosing, and acting well. Virtue is acquired through habit and continuous action. It does not come about simply by learning but by practice. In holding that moral virtues are states of character, Aristotle gives us a view of what sorts of things virtues are. However, not all states of character are virtues, there are more states of character that are vices. Aristotle's view that virtues lie at the mean between two extremes is supposed to help

A married couple, both addicted to drugs, is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years passed. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 years old, the natural parents, rehabilitated from drugs, begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them, against her will. Do ethics support the law in this case? Discuss.

Commerce in the twenty first century has developed into a complex global system of trading. The institutions comprising the economy, engage in activities motivated by self interest. Activities such as attaining loans and generating income have become norms in today’s society, and are considered supplementary to the economy as a whole. But philosophers have always questioned the morality of how one conducts himself in society. In this essay, we will examine Plato, Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Marcus Cicero’s perceptions of what virtue ethics are, and how they facilitated the development of economic society.

He says that it is a virtue because one who acts with justice is not only doing good to his soul, but is also doing good to another person’s soul as well. It is very meaningful and makes people happy when one shows that they care about them inside and wants to show that they do on the outside as well. This is why justice is such an important step to living a satisfactory life because it makes everybody happy instead of just one’s self. Happiness is definitely the one thing you must find in order to live an ideal life according to Aristotle, and

In Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Aristotle attempts to lay out a code of ethics. Instead of providing a set of rules on how people should behave, he contrarily focuses on the type of person people should become. Essentially, Aristotle is attempting to, not only provide philosophy, but practical advice. In book three of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explores the concept of moral virtue as a conscious choice by defining and describing the differences between voluntary and involuntary actions. However, as he defines and describes the differences between voluntary and involuntary actions, he realizes that it would be difficult to decide how far one would have to go in choosing to do a given act rather than enduring a given penalty. Thus, he

Aristotle outlined his theory of Virtue Ethics in his book Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle focused his idea of ethics on agents rather than acts. His main idea is focused on the idea of human character- how can you be a better person? In fact, Aristotle once said: “For we are enquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our enquiry would be of no use.” Aristotle is given the credit for developing the idea of virtue ethics, but many of Plato's cardinal values influenced his ideas. Virtue Ethics is focused on the person's actions, not the consequences of that action. Aristotle believed if you had good moral values, then your actions would be "good" in theory. Rather than defining good actions,

In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle describes that an object’s or efforts’ end purpose is what can be defined as good. Good can be defined in many ways and can determine the value of certain objects. This can be used to determine whether things in nature are present for the better or worse. When isolating nature from human interactions, there are many different ends to why certain things are present. Those ends can be used to determine whether or not certain objects are considered good in terms of Aristotle’s writing. Given this, it is possible that things in nature can be better or worse independently of human interests.

A virtue ethicist Aristotle believed we should aim for eudemonia. Eudemonia is an ideology of happiness which would result in a life which is in perfect balance. Eudemonia include habits which include patience, temperance, courage etc. Virtues such as these are perfected so that as a society we can be perfectly happy. A virtue ethics approach would suggest that people suffering from an undefeatable illness would not be living a “eudemonia life”. If such a way existed that could improve the physical well‐ being of a person suffering from an illness, a virtue ethicist such as Aristotle would support this. However, if such a case where someone was incurably and terminally ill, Aristotle would hope that they would be brave enough to accept their

The philosophy of virtue ethics, which primarily deals with the ways in which a person should live, has puzzled philosophers from the beginning of time. There are many contrasting interpretations regarding how one should live his or her life in the best way possible. It is in my opinion that the Greeks, especially Aristotle, have exhibited the most logical explanation of how to live the "good life". The following paper will attempt to offer a detailed understanding of Aristotle's reasoning relating to his theory of virtue ethics.

Aristotle’s thoughts on ethics conclude that all humans must have a purpose in life in order to be happy. I believe that some of the basics of his ideas still hold true today. This essay points out some of those ideas.

In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics he accounts that humans should make sacrifices and should ultimately aim first and foremost for their own happiness . In the paper I will argue that it is really in a person’s best interest to be virtuous . I will do this by first describing Aristotle’s notion on both eudaimonia and virtue , as well as highlighting the intimate relationship between the two . Secondly I will talk about the human role in society. Thirdly I will describe the intrinsic tie between human actions . Finally I will share the importance of performing activities virtuously .

In the book Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle, Aristotle tries explain to us what the ultimate goal of the human life. He says that every activity we participate in has and ultimate goal or an end. He states that happiness is the ultimate goal in life and that every activity we engage in our daily lives is to achieve happiness. Since all activities we engage in have an end then he says that happiness is the highest of all ends. So as human beings the goal of life is to achieve the highest of all ends. Happiness is the highest end because it is sought after for itself and is not used as a means to something else. And since happiness is not used to reach something else it is considered the highest of all goods.