The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life

Socrates was the first Athenian philosopher and he is very interesting figure, not only of his teaching methods, but also of his whole life and way of thinking. In the centre of Socrates philosophy is human being but, first of all, he sees a human as moral being. According to Socrates, learning process is closely connected with relations which will be build between the teacher and a student and he as a teacher should give to the student all accumulated experience of previous older generations. I

traditional principles of morality and culture which sparked conflict for the authoritative entities of his era. While Paley represented his era’s normative beliefs and encouraged rationalism, Hume was able to challenge his society’s religious and moral beliefs prior to Nietzsche’s critique on morality and culture during his era which ultimately influenced future political and artistic figures. In spite of the fact that William Paley differed from many of his contemporary

David Hume developed accounts of ethics that remained true to their own empirical philosophies; both of which stray away from the more traditional accounts. Their opposing theories contain the overall theme of how a virtuous person would live their life. In contrast, David Hue developed his own account of sentimentalist virtue ethics that challenges, or pushes back on, the virtue ethics Aristotle. According to Aristotle, we should be virtuous people, and therefore perform virtuous acts. Instead of

In Beyond Good & Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche seeks to develop the idea of moral philosophy beyond basic pleasures, how they relate to the general population, and further into our own personal intricacies and how they create a set of rules that apply to most individuals. Throughout the book, Nietzsche articulate well over 200 epigrams, each of which highlights a different aspect of human morality. Nietzsche’s 68th epigram dictates: “‘I have done that,’ says my memory. ‘I cannot have done that,’ says

regarding the contribution novels can make to moral philosophy. Perhaps her most controversial assertion is that some novels are themselves works of moral philosophy. I contrast Nussbaum’s view with that of Iris Murdoch. I discuss three claims which are fundamental to Nussbaum’s position: the relation between writing style and content; philosophy’s inadequacy in preparing agents for moral life because of its reliance on rules; and the usefulness of the moral work engaged in by readers of novels. The

differing opinions exist on how to handle this tragic social issue. Because poverty affects quality-of-life for so many humans, it can also be considered a moral issue. Philosophers have differing theories about whether the rich should help the poor, and their motivations behind it. This presentation will address the social issue of poverty, as viewed through the lens of three moral theories. Each moral theory presents a unique approach to helping those in need. Kantian Theory originates from the teachings

and minimize unhappiness. Utilitarian is a hard universal theory for the universal moral code that applies to everyone to maximize happiness and minimize misery or unhappiness for the great of good. In the matter in which peoples consequences are cause not by actions. Two of the well-known philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Stewart Mill’s understand the principle of utility in their own ways. For Jeremy Bentham moral theory he founded that the consequences of human actions count in evaluating in what

In the thought experiment “The Violinist” by Judith J. Thomson, the philosopher uses the example of a man who has been kidnapped to save a violinists life in reference to her opinion on the right woman have to chose to have an abortion or not. In the thought experiment a man who has the exact blood as the famous violinist is kidnapped and hooked up to an IV to save the violinist life. In order for the violinist to live he has to maintain hooked up to the kidnapped for 9 months. The patient has the

about what a good life entails as there are people who seek to attain it. Legal philosopher Ronald Dworkin presents one perspective in his essay "What Is A Good Life", where he characterizes the good life by first distinguishing between morality as "how we ought to treat others", and ethics as "how we ought to live ourselves" (1). In attempting to integrate both into an interpretive view, Dworkin distinguishes "living well" from "having a good life" and argues that a good life has "performance value"

The author, John Stuart Mill, claims that people neglect to pursue principles of morality. The principle of utility, which was mentioned by Bentham Latterly as the greatest happiness principle, is often used against the sophist or so called philosophers. Mill argues how human beings don’t question on society’s beliefs and their actions that have been based upon from the past generations or traditions. John Stuart Mill claims that the science of our generation is based on concepts that were followed