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reasoning. Living according to reason is the real good that man can achieve and not living in line with pursuit of the goals people set for themselves to ''realize happiness''. Aristotle says that this safeguards us from falling into excesses or reclining in deficiency.
It is evident that an exemplary man, morally, in Confucius' time is significantly distinct from a morally exemplary one in Aristotelian culture. In the Confucian view, a person is defined progressively. It was knit around the observation that a human being isn't essentially who people are, but rather who they continually strive to become. It explains that no human is born with inherent and unalterable attribute. Such a human being transforms and becomes better in phases as they relate with others. When people fail to follow suit, they are qualified to be brutes in their selfishness. The Confucian view emerges from earlier Chinese tradition that portrayed the concept of being a person as intrinsic and social in its constitution. The view postulates that one can never be a person alone but in a relationship with others. In Confucius' view, no person exists unless they are two or more. If people are deprived of all relationships, it would not help to unearth the central essence that defines human nature. Confucius heralds virtue as being a fulfillment of human potential. Owing to the fact that such potential is at, minimum, provided in the relationships people are born in, the initial and most significant virtues surround family. Striving for familial relationships defines virtue. Relationships inspire improvement; thus they can be valued on their own merit (Santiago, 2008).
Aristotelian tradition portrays an individual-based view of morality. It states that the ancient Geeks pondered, '' how should I live? '' Since the agent was presumptively an individual, the response was in line with the question formulation. The same can be said of the Confucian view of morality. Yet, people observe that the question of morality is formulated a little differently. It is more like ''How shall we attend to the needs of others effectively? ''. The response, thus, must incorporate others.A self sufficient, independent and contemplative life is not a plausible response to the Confucian…
.. The superior man is broad and fair; the inferior man takes sides and is petty... A superior man shapes the good in man; he does not shape the bad in him. It is said that a disciple once asked Confucius to define the conduct of one's entire life with a single word. The Chinese philosopher replied: "Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself
Philosophy Although there are a few philosophical differences between Confucius and Mencius, the most significant is Mencius' insistence on the goodness of human nature. For Mencius, humanness (ren) is an innate moral character that can unfortunately be corrupted by society or bad leadership. Mencius views all persons as inherently equal and inherently good. When he pleads with Kings in his dialogues (in The Essential Mengzi), the philosopher urges the King to
Ethics The nineteenth century German philosopher Immanuel Kant presented an ethical code that assigned a strict "right" or "wrong" to every action. Called the categorical imperative, Kant believed that it does not matter what the consequences or outcome of actions are; there are certain things that are right and certain things that are wrong. These ethical categories of right and wrong are not negotiable. It can never be "sometimes" ok to
videos is carried out; with each review explaining a particular ethical approach using examples given in respective video watched. From the videos, four major ethical approaches are highlighted in the paper; Kant, Utilitarian, Aristotle's virtue ethics and Confucius. At the end of this work, the reader will be able to understand and distinguish between moral, ethical, values and legal issues. Kant According to Kant, morality is based on a standard of
Ethical Theory Ethics in law Ethical theory: Utilitarianism, deontology, and the Golden Rule To some extent, to define what is not 'ethics' is easier to define than what is 'ethics.' Ethics are not based in personal feelings, given that it can be emotionally difficult at times to hurt people's feelings even though it is the ethical thing to do. The law may not be strictly ethical (such as when a guilty man must
The most convincing interpretation might be that, as she contended, she did not foresee the consequences. Parks stated that "it was not a time for me to be planning to get arrested." (Reader 2005). So, if she was not considering the consequences, then she was not thinking rationally; if she was not thinking rationally, according to Aristotle, then she was not behaving virtuously. Since we should probably use Parks'