Month: December 2019

How important is character in ethics?

In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, he talks a lot about virtue, responsibility, and character. Character is a set of personality and behavioral traits that are stable and determine how you feel, think and act. Character is very important in ethics because your character is who you…

Right Thoughts

Aristotle illustrates that fairness and having courage is the best way to answer questions in ethics. He uses the word “eudaimonia” which is the purpose of mankind. Eudaimonia is the state of permanent happiness, rather than momentary synapses of happiness. I will use Aristotle’s thought…