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According to Socrates, “no one commits an evil act knowingly and doing wrong arises
out of ignorance.” A person will commit only moral evil if he lacks moral knowledge.
Sometimes, a person may have knowledge but he deliberately commits an evil act to satisfy
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Ethics is referred to as a concern to act rightly and live a good life. Plato’s main
concern is to challenge the views most people have about goodness, for it is here that they
go disastrously wrong in trying to live happy lives. Most people think that virtue is a minor
good, or even an impediment to living a happy life. Plato considers this to be incorrect; it is
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The ethics of Aristotle is concerned with action, not as being right in itself irrespective of any other consideration, but with actions conducive to man's good. Aristotle set himself to discover what is good is and what the science corresponding to it is.(Compleson, 1993) Aristotle’s “The Golden Mean Principle” states that to be happy, live a life of
moderation. In everything that we do, we must avoid extremes (Roa, 2007).
