User:Zokusai

I am an applied physics major, and a studier of philosophy when I have the time. This is my first time working on editing and creating wikipedia content.

I plan on looking at Nicomachean Ethics, Evolutionary Ethics, and the Science of Morality pages.

Nicomachean Ethics- Day 1

Today I started to read through Book I of the Nicomachean Ethics.
Throughout Aristotle's text there is a lot of formal language whose meaning is different from the every day meaning that we assign these words now. For example the word vulgar to Aristotle doesn't mean gross or distasteful, but rather meaning common and every day. Aristotle also makes use of the word science, not as the study of natural philosophy, but rather a body of knowledge worth study. So for example, history in it's own way would be considered a science. Aristotle discusses in length what the good is, and the difference between good in and of itself verses the good of something in relation to a good in itself. A good in itself is a good that is the final end. For example money is not a good in itself, but according to Aristotle intellect is. ^[1]

Proposal

I plan to insert a piece on the metaethical views that evolutionary ethics provides. I have found that the wikipedia article on evolutionary ethics comes from an Aristotelian Realist view on ethics, and so to add some perspective I would like to add views from Naturalist philosophers as to the merits of evolutionary theory and it's possible influences on human ethics. I plan on adding this piece after the sub-section entitled Criticisms.

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