Kant's Duty-Based Ethics

In our society today, we all have that one question how should we live our life? This question was discussed in a lot of philosophical back in their day. The most ancient philosophy and ethics were described by Greek philosopher Aristotle. He was born 384 B.C. in Greece. He studies sciences and mathematics. He was also a student of a famous philosopher whose name was Plato’s. The modern philosopher I will be discussing is Kant, and his duty based ethics. He was born 1724 in Germany and died 1804. According to Aristotle, he believed that one cannot have happiness without virtue, just as it is impossible to be virtuous with the absence of rational thinking. The modern philosopher Kant believes that rightness or wrongness of actions does not

He believes that happiness as a central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. The Aristotle example is that an order person who wants to be happy, he or she must live an active life of virtue, for this will in turn bring him closer to the final end. Some people may believe that these actions that the his or her choose to make is what creates someone happiness, but Aristotle believes that these actions are just a mere part of the striving toward the final

He thinks that happiness is not the unique possession of human beings or does he think that is the best way to achieving it, but how may make ourselves worthy of happiness. Aristotle and Kant's views were extremely different because the world Aristotle live in, is different from the world Kant, live in. I think Aristotle would tell Kant that highest good as happiness and to achieving that everybody must use the virtues that are within him or her. Aristotle will tell Kant about well-ordered soul by him says that he believes in happiness as the chief good, which depends on virtues and well-ordered soul. To achieve it, one has to develop habits of virtue through education. I agree with the ancient Greek philosopher idea because he explains how that happiness is the main purpose of human being life and that is true because most of us who go to school or have an education want a better future, or a better life without have to struggle in life and that make human beings happy. For example, a person who is finish school and work for the government, and he or she loves their work that to Aristotle is happiness because he once said that, “happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever.” Aristotle defines happiness as “the active exercise of the mind in conformity with perfect goodness