Aristotle
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Telos
The Aim
What is telos directed to?
Discovering what we’re intended to be
All creation has ultimate purpose. What is the purpose? Good? Bad?
The purpose is good
The search for the telos in something is therefore…
ethical
What is your ultimate purpose?
To be good, to survive
We are the sum of…
our actions
Each virtue has
has its extreme vices
What is the golden mean?
We must use reason and intellect to find the middle ground
Strengths
Recognizes that happiness is found living ethically not in our inpulses
Emphasizes on compassion
Encourages a communal responsibility for others
Limitations
Evil people can also posses the virtues that Aristotle talks about, so the virtues themselves may not determine a moral person
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