-
Period: 384 to 322 BCE
ARISTOTLE
Aristotle's ethics is concerned with action, not as being right itself irrespective of any other consideration, but with actions conductive to man's good. His "The Golden Mean Principle" asserts that to be happy, live a life with moderation. In everything that we do we should, we should avoid extremes. -
Period: 428 to 348 BCE
PLATO
He held that the moral values are objective in the sense that they exist in a spirit-like realm beyond subjective human conventions. Plato's main concern is to challenge the views most people have about goodness, for it is here that they go disastrously wrong in trying to live a happy life. He disagrees' to the idea that most people think that the virtue is a minor good, or even an impediment to living happy life, for him it is only by being virtuous that we can hope to be happy. -
Period: 469 to 399 BCE
SOCRATES
Socrates said, "no one commits an evil act knowingly and doing wrong arises out of ignorance." For him; people only did wrong when at the moment the perceived benefits seemed to outweigh the cost. But, the development of personal ethics is mastering what he called "the art of measurement." -
Period: to
THOMAS HOBBES
He believes that human beings are basically selfish creatures who would do anything to improve their position. Hobbes moral positivism anticipates the chaotic outcome if laws are not abided. -
Period: to
UTILITARIANISM
This is best explain by the maxim, " Do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number." This theory explain that what makes an act right is its consequences and not the motive of the action.