Ethical Philosophers and their respective ethical philosophies

  • 469 BCE

    Socrates Ethics

    Socrates Ethics
    Socrates was an Athenian Philosopher whose questions
    and opinions clashed with the current course of Athenian politics and society. Socrates believed that no one does wrong voluntarily. Evil is the result of ignorance. If people knew what was the right thing to do they would do it. We always choose what we think is the best or good for us.
  • 428 BCE

    Plato's Ethics

    Plato's Ethics
    Plato believed well-being, happiness, high-virtue, and right moral action the epitome of ethical practice and life. Concept of the soul - believed the soul is imprisoned in the body, attempting to break free into the ideal Form. 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 happy lives. Plato was one of the greatest philosophy.His ethics concern to act rightly and live a good life.
  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle's Ethics

    Aristotle's Ethics
    Aristotle was the first teacher in the west, he was "The Philosopher".ristotle emphasized that virtue is practical, and that the purpose of ethics is to become good, not merely to know. Aristotle also claims that the right course of action depends upon the details of a particular situation, rather than being generated merely by applying a law.