Major Ethical Philosophers

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  • IMMANUEL KANT (1724–1804)
    1724 BCE

    IMMANUEL KANT (1724–1804)

    "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
    He claim that humanity should be treated always as an end, and never as a means only
  • THOMAS HOBBES (1588–1679)
    1588 BCE

    THOMAS HOBBES (1588–1679)

    “Words are the money of fools.” Laws are valid not because they are created in natural law, but because they are enacted by legal authority and are accepted by society as such.
  • THALES OF MILETUS (620 BC–546 BC)
    620 BCE

    THALES OF MILETUS (620 BC–546 BC)

    “The past is certain, the future obscure.” He was a materialist thinker since he attributed everything to one element, water. Despite that, he seems to have believed in the concept of the soul too.
  • Socrates(469 BC- 399 BC)
    469 BCE

    Socrates(469 BC- 399 BC)

    “An unexamined life is not worth living.” Virtue could be known, though he himself did not profess to know it and that people who act badly, therefore, do so only because of their ignorance or mistake to understand the real nature of virtue.
  • ARISTOTLE (384 BC–322 BC)
    384 BCE

    ARISTOTLE (384 BC–322 BC)

    “The law is reason, free from passion.” Something that should be done by acting in accordance with nature and with moderation.
  • PLATO (428 BC–348 BC)
    428

    PLATO (428 BC–348 BC)

    “Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” Flipped to the view of business and branding, The Good is all about helping people live a better life
  • Confucius(551 BC- 479 BC)
    551

    Confucius(551 BC- 479 BC)

    “Do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you.”