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ETHICAL PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PHILOSOPHIES

  • ARISTOTLE (384 BC - 322 BC)
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    ARISTOTLE (384 BC - 322 BC)

    • The First Teacher.
    • The Philosopher.
    • Ethics is concerned with action, not as being right itself irrespective of any other considerations.
    • Virtues are good habits that we acquire, which regulate our motions.
    • "The Golden Mean Principle", live a life of moderation.
    • Principle can be used in planning profit of business.
  • PLATO (428-348 BC)
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    PLATO (428-348 BC)

    • The Greatest philosopher of the World.
    • More Values are objective in the sense that people exist.
    • Ethics is a concern to act rightfully.
    • Live a happy life.
  • SOCRATES (469 BC-399 BC)
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    SOCRATES (469 BC-399 BC)

    • Athenian Philosopher.
    • Clashed with current course of Athenian Politics.
    • Accused by corrupting the Youth.
    • Sentenced to death by poison.
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    UTILITARIANISM

    A theory of morality that advocates actions that foster happiness or pleasure and oppose actions that cause unhappiness or harm. When directed toward making social, economic, or political decisions, a utilitarian philosophy would aim for the betterment of society as a whole.
    • Usefulness.
    • An act is good, if it produces good results.
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    MORAL POSITIVISM

    Positivism began, therefore, as an explanation of the basis of law’s authority within wider theories of social order: legal rules came to be seen as possessing authority not as the specific outcomes of broader moral precepts, but because they represent definitive, posited solutions to the problems of collective living.