... attempting to understand how we should act in order to become a virtuous person and attain the "good life"; this being a foundational principle of virtue ethics. Another way in which Nicomachean Ethics is an example of virtue ethics is that Aristotle states that we need to conduct ourselves according to the right rule, but it must be recognized that our actions are prescribed in outline and ... , in which he believes we must be brought up in a way so that we take pleasure and pain in the things we are required to do; he claims, "this is the right education" (Aristotle 141). Continuing wi...

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... noble actions. Virtue involves maintaining a balance between and pleasure: "For virtue of character is about pleasures and pains" (Nicomachean Ethics 1104b3-10), Aristotle stressed that this moderation of pain and pleasure is an extremely important aspect of virtue. The mean between excess vices and deficient vices must always be pursued. Vices cause us to not act virtuous in dealing ... without paint. The fundamental building block is absent, and the painting cannot be created. Similarly with virtue and morality. It has been noted that, happiness and virtue rest upon each other. If vir...

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Comparing Aristotle & Kant 1. Aristotle and Kant, in the Nicomachean Ethics and Lectures on Ethics, both have different views on the positive and negative forms of self-love. This difference is clearly distinguished from the start. Aristotle uses the word self-love, also known as philautia, in a positive form, while Kant uses it in a negative form. Each philosopher also made their separate case ... that self-love plays an essential role in friendship. To begin with, Aristotle used the ... things like his pleasures, emotional triumphs and losses and even their pains. For both philosophers the ...

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... , in some cases, be unintentional or self-serving in some way. However, 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 is "in conformity with the law" performed accidentally to be a moral ... ...

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