Abstract
The paper shows how Plato essentially believes in the relativity of morality whereas as Aristotle does not, but instead believes that human beings, like nature, have an inherent purpose that we are designed to aspire to. Plato, on the other hand, believes that there are undefinable Forms, like moral goals, that can be seen, appreciated and reached for in many different ways, thus making hm an ethical relativist, rather than a believer in moral objectivity.

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"Both Plato (B.C.E. 428 - 347/8) and Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C) are known for their ageless philosophy and revolutionary views. Some contemporary philosophers go so far as to suggest that these men are "without equal in the history of human thought" (Cohen, Curd, and Reeve). Although neither man set out to transform the perspectives of the known world with regards to ethics and morality, both succeeded in doing so infinitely beyond what they lived to witness. To a great extent, their views actually differ; yet compliment one another in defining morality. Combined; their works identified and explained morality, shaping the understanding of much of the western world for centuries."

Tags:ethics, forms, rationalism, teliology

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In this paper, the philosophical principles of Aristotle and Plato are analyzed in relation to the growing conflict of bias and objectivity in modern journalism. The writer discusses that the growing capitalistic tendencies of the 20th and 21st century American news service is the direct result of massive privatized corporations holding a monopoly over objective reporting and news presentation. The writer notes that often, the examples of the War in Iraq provide key points in the way that news coverage provides a moral based virtue that strays the from the academic intellectual virtue that Aristotle discusses in his Nicomachean ethics.

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"The aim of this philosophical study will bring forth the views of Aristotle and Plato to analyze the current issues of bias and objectivity that exist within the cultural construct of journalism and the modern media. By evaluating the issues of rhetoric as put forth by Plato and Aristotle, one can realize the often-tainted perspective for truth within the institutional nationalism and capitalism of modern media corporations. In this manner, the issue of ethics arises within an Aristotelian format that defines how journalism can be perceived trough intellectual virtues ..."

Tags:journalism

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This paper points out that there are numerous points in Aristotle's philosophy that challenge the ideas of his predecessor, Plato. The essay argues that Aristotle's analysis of the Platonic concept of the forms effectively highlights inconsistencies and problems in Plato's understanding of the form of a thing.

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"It is not surprising that there is a close relationship between the philosophies of Aristotle and Plato, given that Aristotle spent twenty years of his life as a member of Plato's Academy. This being said, however, it is interesting to note the numerous points in Aristotle's philosophy upon which he challenges the ideas of his predecessor. Plato's theory of Forms represents one key example on which Aristotle disputes both the assumptions and the arguments of Plato."

Tags:aristotle, plato, forms

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This paper draws a comparison between Aristotle's "Telos" and Plato's "Form", arguing that the "material good" is the basis of politics. It also analyzes the differences in their philosophies and shows the discontinuity between their theories.

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"Greek thought has indisputably provided a cornerstone throughout the development of western civilization. Perhaps two of the most influential contributors to this thought were Aristocles, better known as Plato, and his pupil, the reader(1), Aristotle. Among them existed a traditionally non-sophist view of an ultimate truth which dominated many of their philosophies. These views, however, deviated from each other in even the most primal state, becoming Plato s Form and Aristotle s Telos, and affecting them towards often discontinuous political philosophies. Whereas Form dealt with an ultimate truth beyond the sphere of the physical plane, Telos centered on a final causality, an objects good, which manifested itself as the result of the nature of that object within the sphere of material existence. This led Plato on a search for a higher thought above traditional politics, and Aristotle on a search to provide the best possible path to achieving the final good within it."

Tags:arendt, classical, philsopher, Aristotle, Plato, Telos, Form, materialism, politics, political

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An examination of the way both Plato and Aristotle view the concepts of art and poetry. It uses their works, "The Republic", "Ion", and "Aristotle Poetics", in order to discuss the way these philosophers related to the aesthetics of poetry and art.

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"Literature, Plato adds, should solely deal with suitable subjects, and only in a suitable manner. The poet, he stresses, "must only tell plain stories of virtuous people." The wrong poetry is seen as something that can cripple the mind. Homer and Hesiod, for example, should not to be allowed for they represent the gods as behaving badly with lusting and feasting. Furthermore, God is only the creator of good things not of evil that these works contain."

Tags:republic, ion, poetics

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Kant and Aristotle both view duty as something that comes, not just from what is lawful or what is expected, but from the inside. Morality has nothing to do with what is expected, but from the character-the inner strength and disposition. However, that is where the similarities end. This paper discusses the differences between Kant and Aristotle in their views of morality, duty and choices.

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"According to Kant, duty leaves little room for choices. Freedom means actually having a choice, but duty is what you need to do. Duty is reasons-choice is freedom, and when you can choose what to do, morality and ethics take a back seat. What is considered moral to some people may not be empowering to all people, and when someone says, "This is moral-this is what you have a duty to do. Therefore it is the law", not everyone may agree and will become disempowered when they are required to do the duty. Morality is nothing more than self-delusion and exaggerated conceit. (Timmermann, 10) What one person considers "saintly", may just be "normal" to someone else, and therefore not a moral or ethical duty."

Tags:choice, duty, empowerment, ethics, freedom

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In this article, the writer looks at how Aristotle and Plato differ on the subject of harmony, with Plato arguing that it must be embodied in the person of the leader and Aristotle recognizing that even if it is, that does not prove that the leader is entitled to be a dictator; what is required is a formally structured government.

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"It is possible to reduce the classical philosophical conception of harmony to the idea of the golden mean Hamilton cites the saying engraved on the temple of Apollo at Delphi. Nothing in excess and gives a brief account of how the rivalry between the staid worshipers of Apollo and the drunken celebrants who worshiped Dionysus was resolved when the musician Orpheus, Apollo's pupil, reformed the violent Bacchic rites and brought them into order. An ethos of noble self-restraint with Apollonian and Dionysian attributes in constant tension came together in Hamilton's ..."

Tags:Plato, Aristotle, leader, government, dictator, Republic, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, harmony

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This paper examines Plato's theory of the forms and the reasons why Plato uses this metaphysical argument to justify how a state should be ruled and by whom. The theory is taken to its most logical endpoint a number of times to test its strength. Plato's technocratic viewpoint is mentioned along with the reasons why he held such views. Numerous criticisms are used and examined, which originate from Aristotle, Plato's pupil, and from Plato himself, with his later works also being touched upon.

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"The basis of Plato's theory of the forms is that he "distiguishes between the experienced world that most of us think of as reality" and the "real world of the forms accesible only to philosophers" . The world that we ordinarily experience with our sences is just a "superficial reflection", or shadow of the real world of the forms, that remain invisible to all but the greatest philosophers. Plato explores not only objects such as a chair or a triangle, but also looks at such things as goodness and beauty. For example, Plato argues that beauty must be something quite different from the image of beautiful things."

Tags:Aristotle, Metanarrative

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The paper looks at Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" and John Stuart Mill's "Utilitarianism" and discusses the similarities in their respective views. The paper explains why Mill's application of the Nicomachean principles to a comparably modern context is appealing to many. The paper asserts that Aristotle's and Mill's respective views on happiness, moral order and ethical rights are both important to the discourse on the topic.

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"Mill and Aristotle seem to share some views. For example, a common ground manifests in a convincing argument in favor of the concept of 'happiness' as something which must ultimately, while occupying innumerable incarnations, be at the crux of any thought or action. As we consider Aristotle's conception of just human relationships in his Nicomachean Ethics, it is clear that both arguments are predisposed to an interest in the collective or shared availability of happiness in the end result of a process or interaction.
"Aristotle recognizes the variances which appear to define our establishment of the means to pursuing happiness, musing that "the characteristics that are looked for in happiness seem also, all of them, to belong to what we have defined happiness as being. For some identify happiness with virtue, some with practical wisdom, others with a kind of philosophic wisdom, others with these, or one of these, accompanied by pleasure or not without pleasure; while others include also external prosperity." (Aristotle, I: 8) Aristotle uses this as a divining rod for dissecting the various relationships which are perpetuated amongst men, associating happiness and morality."

Tags:individual, rights, pleasure, pain, morality