Friendships are complex relationships, but I would agree will Aristotle that there are three broad categories for friendships: utility, pleasure and virtue. However, I do not believe that these categories are mutually exclusive. Instead, I believe that friendships can be categorized into subcategories, where they can have characteristics from both utility and pleasure. The only pure type of friendship is a virtuous one because this is about caring for the other person’s well being, and not about superficial characteristics. Aristotle believes that this is the only type of friendship that can contribute Eudaimonia, and that utility and pleasure friendships are not essential to a person’s personal happiness. However, I oppose this line of thought and argue that at times utility and pleasure friendships are paramount to one’s happiness …show more content…
I always thought I was an honest person, but once I delved into honesty I realized I needed to desperately cultivate this virtue. Firstly, I realized that I was not truly honest with myself because I would make excuses for my faults. For example, I tell always myself that I’m too busy to go to the gym or to read this book, but the reality is that I’m just being lazy and making excuses for my laziness. This week I had to confront myself and understand that there is so much more I could be doing with my time. Additionally, I realized that I was not being honest with some of my friends. For example, I have this one friend who uses me and is rude towards me, but I just let it happen. I recognized that I need to have an honest talk with her about what is frustrating me and how we can improve the situation. Even though I was not able to fully discuss this with her this week, I am going to continue to think about ways I can honest with her, and find a way to discuss our problems in the
Taylor Jannsen made a good point when he said it is necessary to ask ourselves tough questions in life. Just like in the previous paragraph it pays to ask yourself if you are using your time in the best way possible or if you did the right or wrong thing today at school. I do find it hard sometimes because I don’t always want to accept that some of the choices I’ve made have been the wrong ones. Examining your conscience will make you feel better about the situations you’ve found yourself in. I can put this into action by recalling my actions and the choices I made during the day before I go to bed.
Being a king that brought a country to success while still caring for the people’s best interest is what makes Oedipus loved. He has more than a few great qualities such as being smart enough to figure out the Sphinx’s riddle, Courageous enough to fight the Sphinx, unselfish enough to leave his home town to save who he thought his parents were, and more, but his best quality is his honesty. Oedipus lets his people know what he knows at the beginning and end of the play, which is important in getting people to love and respect you as a leader. Honesty is Oedipus’s best attribute. Being honest is not always easy, but it makes people respect and trust you more.
Overall, Knowles final message about friendship is to have trust in a relationship. If a friendship does not include this feature, it will no be a long lasting relationship. Also, jealousy was proven to weaken a friendship because it causes an internal conflict. In conclusion, trust is the characteristic that brings two people closer together for the
Although, friendship research has been carried out by researchers to studying friendship using qualitative and quantitative approach, however, this essay is going to evaluate and focus more on the contribution of qualitative
Likewise, while my journey might not be without mistakes, I aspire to maintain the love and compassion
It is better to hear the truth from someone that they know cares about them, than from a stranger whose goal is to put them down. For example, a person in a friendship was changing for the worse; it is important to inform the friend what is happening
Title: The Friendship 9: A Symbol of Courage and Unity in the Civil Rights Movement Introduction The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a period of struggle for social justice and equal rights, particularly for African Americans who faced systematic discrimination and segregation. In the 1960s, a group of young black students in Rock Hill, South Carolina, stood up against the unjust Jim Crow laws by engaging in a peaceful sit-in protest at a whites-only lunch counter. Their actions, known as the Friendship 9, became a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement and exemplified the courage, determination, and unity of those who fought for freedom and equality.
Literary Analysis A Separate Peace Friendship is something that everyone will experience in their life. It could be either good or bad. John knowles shows both in the novel A Separate Peace.
When looking at friendship in regards to a community an apparent quality that makes a community function is friendship. Both Aristotle and Kant make important points that are essential to what can make a community driven towards the common good. The common good is going too held up in most cases in the framework of a community by Aristotle’s utility friendship; the next two forms of friendship that are encountered quite regularly are Kant’s forms of friendship of need and taste. Between these three types of friendship one should be able to relate to an acquaintance type of relationship. These friendships resemble many of our interactions that we have with people consistently especially in this culture we are subject to on a regular basis.
Friendship is an important part of the human life that guides human existence that guides how two humans in mutual understanding and relationship relate to each other. Nehamas and Woodruff (1989) provide Aristotle's description of friendship; that is goodwill that is reciprocated. Friendship is a phenomenon that happens every day in life amongst human beings with people falling in and out of friendship. There exist various kinds of friendships that are founded upon various needs, relations, and reasons. The source of the reciprocated goodwill brings the difference between perfect or complete friendships and imperfect or incomplete friendships.
Aristotle claims that only good persons can be friends. What does he mean by this? Is there some truth to this? Is there something problematic about such a view of friendship? Explain the problem and some possible solutions to the problem.
Throughout the history, there have been heated discussions on what constitutes a good life. Philosophers have given different annotations on the meaning of good life based on their beliefs, perspectives or even scientific-based evidences. Some view a good life as an accumulation of material goods that brings “large amount” of pleasure to oneself. On the other hand, Mencius and Aristotle advocate good life as possessing of pleasure that incorporates ethical values and they believe that by doing so one will experience enduring happiness. There is no ultimate right or wrong for these interpretations since this is not a factual question.
Aristotle's Theory of friendship in Of Mice and Men Aristotle's theory of friendship is present in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck within the farm's many relationships. The character relationships on the farm all fit into Aristotle's theory of friendship. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck there are many examples of Aristotle's theory of friendship including a relationship between two characters known as George and Lennie. Despite the book never directly telling what type of friendships are on the farm we can infer based on the characters' conversations and how they act with each other. Steinbeck shows Aristotle's theory of friendship through many characters.
What do you think the meaning of true friendship is, maybe it 's knowing that you trust a certain person with any secret or physical object, somebody who would take a bullet for you, or maybe it 's somebody that you 've grown up with all your life. Everybody has their own definition of ¨true friendship.¨ I personally believe that true friendship is when two people can trust each other with just about anything, they let you succeed and fail on your own, but they always help you when it is most important. I dislike it when people say a true friend doesn 't ¨snitch¨ or lets you copy off their paper for test or more important assignment. This shows that they don 't see the other person as a friend, and more as a ¨get out of jail free¨ card. Some people would argue by saying that it shows the person’s willingness to help, but I believe that the only thing you’re helping them with is failing to prepare for responsibilities.
According to an article Molly Edmonds, (N,d) you are with people for everything in your whole life cycle. Friendship is something that will give you a good time or bad time. All friends are someone you can easily talk to about your or their issues in life, For example, family problems or ask for help with school work like everyone needs help with something. A true friendship needs honestly, trust who will always stand with you in your bad or good times no matter what. You can easily become friends with anyone in one step of life is called communication with any type of age or a gender.