Ethical Philosophies

By paulaerikat
  • 500 BCE

    Thomas Aquinas

    Thomas Aquinas
    • Aquinas’ ethical philosophy is all about deciding the best way to live one’s life. He believes that people need to identify meaningful goals before they can act on it. One should think about it seriously before doing it because it could affect of what could happen in the future.
  • 469 BCE

    Socrates

    Socrates
    • “Unexamined life is not worth living” Socrates means that unexamined human life is deprived of the purpose of existence. For us to become fully humans, we should use our developed knowledge to raise our existence. Because if we don’t use our thinking, we are just like animals who simply eats, sleeps, works and procreate.
  • 428 BCE

    Plato

    Plato
    • “Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge”
    • Virtue ethics says that the person is the one who decides what moral is and not by the rules or consequences.
    • Plato believed that the human soul is divided into three parts:
    • Reasons: our thinking ability to judge
    • Spirit: our emotional ability to feel empathy
    • Appetite: our desires ● according to Plato, these three must be balanced in order for us to make good decisions and moral choices.
  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle
    • Moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency, and in general the moral life is one of moderation in all things except virtue. It means that no human desire is bad if it will be controlled by reason according to a moral principle

  • Moral Positivism

    Moral Positivism
    • Thomas Hobbes said that people would act on their evil impulses if left alone for themselves; therefore, they should not be trusted to make decisions on their own. Making decisions are the most important thing because it reflect on who we really are. That is why, having impulsive decision will lead us to uncertain life. We should always be serious about it and think about it many times before deciding.

  • Utilitarianism

    Utilitarianism
    • “Do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number.” o This theory simply tells us that what makes the action right is the consequences after it. The consequences will determine if the action was a good or a bad one. It will be good when the results are good and that it will help you be successful and when its bad then results will be bad.