... take part in any form of decision making in the political association called a polis. However, he did not write these poor people off completely because those who were incapable of reasoning and thus becoming citizens, would make great slaves. Aristotle thought of slavery as a natural and useful thing and in his book "Politics" he takes ample time to explain why this ... is justified. He writes; "people are slaves by nature, whose condition is such that their function is the use of their bodies and nothing better can be expected ... there are enough people who are eligible for public o...

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... that every citizen has a job to do for his community. But, he does not believe that you are stuck in ones' social class like Aristotle. Aristotle believes everything is here on earth for a specific reason, i.e. the plants are here for the animals, and the animals are here for us while the plants are also here for us providing oxygen. Another main difference is De Teocqueville believes ... the local government is far more important that the states. Although Aristotle and De Teocqueville agree in some points In government, it doesn't translate to society and all of politics. Both Aristotl...

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... Therefore, they cannot serve as a universal law. In summary business' ultimate purpose is a hypothetical imperative, therefore it is not a moral according to Kant's ethics. The third ethical theory is Virtue ethics. It has originated from the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and it makes a parallel between the actuality and potentiality of an organism.4 For example, a caterpillar is actually a caterpillar but it has ... the potential to become a butterfly. According to the theory, virtuous actions are those which help us to achieve our potential. The purpose of living is to achieve o...

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... animals and plants with their scientific names. Even to this day, in the science world, we use different names for species. In his study of physiology he believed that everyone has their own free will. Certain thing human nature does is voluntarily done by each person. He also contributed politics. Aristotle understood that Politian's had their own ethics to follow and give what ... is best to the city-states. He wrote an essay, Politics, which was about the behavior of people towards their city-states, ethics, theory of justice and the rule of law etc. Aristotle was indeed the develope...

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