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This 5 page paper looks at Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Hampshire's criticism of it, and Kant's Deontological ethics to determine what is the right thing to do in various circumstances. An example is used to illustrate the concepts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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for the right end, and in the right way is no longer easy, nor can everyone do it. Therefore, doing these things well is rare, praiseworthy, and fine. In Chapter
13 of Book One, and in Chapter 1 of Book Two, Aristotle (350 B.C.) speaks of virtue. He sees virtue as choice and so morally correct action results from
those who are virtuous. In other words, character is important and if one is virtuous he or she will make the correct choices in life. Aristotles idea is admittedly
arbitrary. In other words, one could say that one is virtuous, and that their actions are virtuous, but that might be illusive. Can virtue be whittled down to intrinsic right
or wrong, or what one might do based upon his or her own sense of morality? By taking Aristotles ideas to heart, one does have to embrace that notion. To
the utilitarian, for example, the greatest good for the greatest number may be the sacrifice of intrinsic right and wrong. In fact, in todays world, many are utilitarian or practical,
and do not follow a moral philosophy. The majority seems to believe that morality is relative, but then there are those who agree with Aristotles ideas, and see morality as
a living concept, and something that should not be tampered with. What might Aristotle say about those who disagree with him? Likely, he would see them as weak individuals who
use the concept of relativity as an excuse for their immorality. He explains in Book II that virtue is aligned with character. He says: "Virtue, then, is a state of
character concerned with choice, lying in a mean, i.e. the mean relative to us, this being determined by a rational principle, and by that principle by which the man of
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