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First page of a 1566 edition of the Aristotolic Ethics in Greek and Latin. The Nicomachean Ethics (/ ˌ n aɪ k ɒ m ə ˈ k i ə n, ˌ n ɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia) is Aristotle's best-known work on ethics: the science of the good for human life, that which is the goal or end at which all our actions aim. [1]:
"Follow your heart all your life, do not commit excess with respect to what has been ordained." (p. 66) "If you work hard, and if growth takes place as it should in the fields, it is because God has placed abundance in your hands." (p. 74) "Do not gossip in your neighbourhood, because people respect the silent." (p. 74)
It implies both good judgment and excellence of character and habits. Classical works about this topic are still influential today. Classical works about this topic are still influential today. In Aristotelian ethics , the concept was distinguished from other words for wisdom and intellectual virtues —such as episteme and sophia —because of ...
Real life issues that need solutions do need both rationality and emotion to be sufficiently moral. One uses rationality as a pathway to the ultimate decision, but the environment and emotions towards the environment at the moment must be a factor for the result to be truly moral, as morality is subject to culture.
"Modern Moral Philosophy" is an article on moral philosophy by G. E. M. Anscombe, originally published in the journal Philosophy, vol. 33, no. 124 (January 1958). [1]The article has influenced the emergence of contemporary virtue ethics, [2] [3] [4] especially through the work of Alasdair MacIntyre.
By Max Nisen It's easy to look at successful people and explain their achievements as the product of luck - being in the right place at the right time or being born with extraordinary talent.
Ethics in the Bible refers to the system(s) or theory(ies) produced by the study, interpretation, and evaluation of biblical morals (including the moral code, standards, principles, behaviors, conscience, values, rules of conduct, or beliefs concerned with good and evil and right and wrong), that are found in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles.
Ptahhotep is known for his work on ethical behavior, called The Maxims of Ptahhotep. The work, which is believed to have been compiled by his grandson Ptahhotep Tjefi , is a series of 37 letters or maxims addressed to his son, Akhethotep , speaking on such topics as daily behavior and ethical practices.