virtue= is a mean between excess and deficiency(this might be on the test)

*we are supposed to know the distinction between Aristotle and Aquinos.

Objections to Aristotle
1. Could you look at human nature and discover which life fits best with it?
-if human nature is selfish or bad, does this mean we should be bad?
-Naturalistic fallacy
2. Does it work for murder of adultery?


-Moderation temperance: says that we should live life moderately.
EATING ADN DRINKING
deficiency moderate excess
anorexia normal weight fat
unhealthy healthy drunkenness


KILLING
deficiency moderate excess
pacifism self defense murder
war

***We also started Nietzsche today

He calls himself "the worlds greatest immoralist."
-He turned ethics upside down-he had an ethical theory which called things that were ordinarily good, bad and vice versa
-He says "God is dead." he meant that the belief and faith in God were dead. With the abandonment of Christian metaphysics must come the abandonment of Christian morality.

He had a book titled; Genealogy of Morals

his book said

master morality slave morality
-morality created by -morality created
ruling class by the masses