Week 6 Flashcards
a philosophical inquiry into the nature of the
good life for a human being. It emphasized what is truly virtuous and
what is mistakenly thought to be so.
nicomachean ethics by Aristotle
Aristotle says justice consists in what is lawful and
fair, with fairness involving equitable distributions and the correction of
what is inequitable.
the virtue of justice
is the same in all times and places in a sense, that
comprised by the laws that order the universe and that order beings
toward their ends.
natural justice
is the same in all times and places in a sense, that
comprised by the laws that order the universe and that order beings
toward their ends.
legal justice
are codifications of certain ethical values meant to help regulate
society, and also impact decision- making.
law
is the supreme goal of life
the good
as a central purpose of human
life and a goal in itself
happiness
is a mean by two extremes, and its exercise thus requires
prudence
virtue
h. A person should use his wealth liberally in the service of others
and of good causes, but should not spend beyond his means.
wealth and money
it is the virtue which one must develop in order to attain moral
virtue and to find the correct mean in all of one’s actions.
prudence
is necessary for a happy life, because human
beings are social beings.
friendship
It is a condition of human flourishing or of living well. It is about
individual Happiness.
eudaimonia
a German philosopher founded deontological ethics
Immanuel Kant
This ethics is deontological in the sense that one has to obey the duties
and obligations
Kant’s deontological ethics
an individual’s subjective principle or rule of the will which tells the
individual what to do in a given particular situation.
maxim
