... acted (Hallsall). In the modern era, for the most part, philosophers tend to concentrate on one or two aspects of the subject (Hallsall). The first element of philosophy is ethics. Ethics is a system or code of moral values. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics insists on the necessity of earthly goods, to some degree, for the truly happy life, and even so for the philosopher ... . Aristotle's scientific training kept him from dictating superhuman ideals and unattainable degrees of perfection. He also considered ethics a large part of his logic (Copleston 270). The study of metaphysics is, in ...

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... , acting "for the sake of the law,"" requires a conscious decision to follow the law out of reverence for the law as a principle. Aristotle also deals with this issue in a similar way in his Nicomachean Ethics. In his investigation of justice, Aristotle argues that intention is crucial for an action that is in to be considered virtuous. This eliminates the possibility for an act that ... ...

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