Cardinal virtues

methods: Virtue, Traditional, Modern, and Post-Modern Ethics. Within these periods, the philosophy of ethics changed along with the changes being made within society. The first rational method is Virtue Ethics. The major philosophers during this period were materialists such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Plutarch. Greek were concerned with finding eudaimonia meaning the good life, but what is the good life? Known as the greatest Western philosopher, Plato developed the Cardinal Virtues: Justice

C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, defends the religion from the critics that believe that it is a religion that does not have foundation. He further goes to show the type of life that a Christian live. The book is divided into four different sections. In each section, there are things that Lewis touches on. In the beginning, he talks about natural law and how it needs to exist since humans did not invent, but they respond to it. He states that God exists and that it is made of three parts: The Father

thinks always of virtue, the common man thinks of comfort,¨ (Confucius). Virtue is showing high moral standards and finding the perfect balance between excess and insufficiency. A virtuous leader makes decisions that are not only in their best interest, but the best interest of their people. Society has prepositioned people to believe a successful leader is a 'good' leader, but many great leaders are manipulative, deceptive, and corrupted. On the contrary, people can show virtue and hold themselves

regarded as a moral individual. When attempting to make a definitive list of the values one must obtain to be considered moral, it is important to remember the universal virtues handed down through history that have influenced the characters of men today. In the book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis, there are four main ‘Cardinal Virtues’ “which all

I would like to compare/contrast Pope Francis vs. Pope Benedict XVI. During his first year in office, Pope Francis has become one of the world’s greatest social innovators. Many have celebrated Pope Francis as a spiritual leader, diplomat, and a politician. Pope Francis is a leader to start something new by launching a global campaign against hunger. Using social media, such as YouTube, Pope Francis sent his message out to elect a day, December 10th, for a world-wide rally. Additionally, Pope Francis

Submission As you read this you are probably sitting in a chair, before you sat down did you take a moment to question whether the chair would hold you? You sat down and submitted to the chair’s ability to do what is was designed to do. When hearing the word “submit” the vast majority automatically think of that in a negative form. Submit to the law, your parents, an employer, do this, do that. Have you ever considered it as a positive act? Submission is trusting the abilities of someone else and

Ethics Paper In my organization, the ethical system used is egoism. Egoism exists in the normative realm of ethics and morality and explains what "should be" in an organization (WK 2, L1). This idea of should is used to express a distinct moral connotation (WK 2, L1), but this is where egoism complicates the concept of the normative domain. As was stated previously, within the normative sphere we find ethics and morality; and although many believe these terms to be interchangeable, they are actually

In Book three C.S Lewis Starts off the chapter but stating that moral rules are not designed to stop happiness also he stated three significant parts of morality, first, fair play and happiness. Second finding happiness or harmony pertaining to each person. Third, the purpose of humans, questioning our purpose and out creator desire. Morality is related with our actions whether we define them as right or wrong. Morality many times is defined as guiding principles, without guiding principles a society

point Plato is making towards Cephalus and Polemarchus. During Plato's time, Greek thinkers had already established the idea that the ''good man'' possessed four cardinal virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. In Cephalus, Socrates (Plato), seems to have met a man who through experience of age, seems to have achieved the virtues of courage, temperance and justice. But as soon as it becomes clear that he has a philosophical subject in mind, Cephalus excuses himself from the conversation

as 'scientific' study of human behaviors and cognitive processes. Two such philosophers, Plato, who was Aristotle's mentor, has a lot to say about happiness, virtue, and political life in his masterful book, the Republic. Part of Plato's case for his view that we must be moral to be truly happy rests on a discussion of the four cardinal virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. As for Aristotle, happiness is not a state but an activity. In his Nicomachean Ethics, the philosopher Aristotle