Prudence

The prudence concept can sometimes be overused. The implication of this is that it avoids the ability to trying out new things as we are overly cautious and do not create room for risk and new things. This paper would therefore evaluate how the concept prudence can be used to provide a reliable and faithfully represented financial report or used to manipulate the financial report thereby defeating its purpose of helping users of financial report make reliable and reasonable financial decisions

of view, justice, prudence, and beneficence are sufficient for a good life. His outlook is questionable because it is self-limiting and the details of a good life varies from person to person. Being a loveable person and being loved due to it will increase the quality of one’s life, but being a good person alone cannot guarantee a good life. Smith believes that the virtues of prudence, justice, and beneficence are sufficient for a good life. Roberts introduces the term prudence by describing its

In the pursuit of defining happiness, ancient Greek philosopher made a huge progress, but it is clear that nor all the progress made by different perspectives are always in parallel with each other. In fact, Aristotle and Epicurus are two philosophers that were in conflict with each other in the search of defining happiness. For Aristotle, happiness, in its simples terms, “a happy man, Aristotle would say, is the man who has everything he really needs. He has those things which he needs to realize

The Renascence was based on the idea of humanism, the human essence of men. The common ground that this definition had was based on the idea that the population is human and religion falls in the background. The idea that “simple” humans could be heroes comes to light and both Castiglione and Machiavelli describe the characteristic of this person. These two, based on the same subject they implement a different integrity on how to succeed. The Book of The Courtier, written by Castiglione, describes

Archidamus describes the idealized Spartan as having courage, shame, self-control, good judgement, and moderation (Thucy., 27). These virtues are all interrelated. Self-control (sôphrosunê) has multiple meanings when translated into English, including “prudence” and “moderation” (Thucy., 17). More precisely, the idea of self-control is controlling one’s desires, so unnecessary pleasures do not overtake necessities. Thus, one can exercise good judgement and lead a moderate life. For instance, Spartans are

A virtue is defined as a conformity to a standard of right: morality” or a “particular moral excellence” (Virtue). Plato centres around virtues such as wisdom, courage, temperance and justice whereas, Machiavelli focuses on boldness, adaptation, prudence and foresight. In this paper I will focus on the differences and similarities between Plato and Machiavelli’s accounts of virtue, what virtues each finds valuable for political life and how they contribute to the health of the state. I will also

Virtues, as described by Aristotle, are qualities that help an individual to flourish and reach their potential, thus living “the good life.” These qualities manifest themselves daily, throughout all of our lives, though some, especially those that are intellectually based, are ever important to those working within information technology based fields. These virtues may help guide what companies we choose to devote our skillset to, or perhaps what decisions we make when designing software. They may

When we first started learning about Aristotles’ theory, I did not understand the importance. Aristotle wrote, Nicomachean Ethics many years ago. It did not seem like any of it would pertain to my life. After reading into his theory, I found it to be quite interesting. It was a lot more relatable than I originally thought. When we know what we are looking for, we can find aspects of his theory everywhere. There has been a similar moral dilemma that I have been faced with a few times in the past year

Through the works of Epicurus, Epictetus, and Aquinas, it is evident that their philosophies inherit a great deal of virtue. Although roughly specified, virtue is implanted within their different ideologies. From achieving happiness, stoic beliefs, and in respects to Christian idealism, virtue turns out to be the driving factor in determining the ideal meaning of life from the perspective of each philosopher and it gives them their value. Backed by firm evidence, it is notable that virtue is more

God, it is how one will walk that path that will determine our eternal life. In this path, he refers to the importance of prudence. For it is prudence that allows one to choose the path that is right before God. Prudence, can therefore be described as one of the most important virtues one can have according to Thomas Aquinas. Having researched his works and his views on prudence, I now feel it is important to re-evaluate my own moral living, in order to place a much greater emphasis on prudent living