Ethics 1.1

• Philosophy literally means “love of wisdom”
• Metaphysics studies the being in itself, or the reality in itself; or literally beyond nature.
• Epistemology studies the validity of knowledge.
• Aesthetics studies art and beauty.
• Ethics studies the morality of human act.
• Logic is an art and science of correct thinking.
• Aristotle would say that human beings are always attracted to the “good”.
• Aristotle called “apparent good” is "good" as it appears to you only, but most of the time the "blank" is not good in itself.
• Ethics deals with principles of ethical behavior in modern society at the level of the person, society, and in interaction with the environment and other shared resources
• Metaphysics asks the question "what is it?" "What is being?"
• Epistemology asks the question "what do I know?" "Is what I know a true knowledge?" "What is knowledge in itself?"
• Aesthetics asks the question What makes a thing beautiful?
• Ethics asks the question "How should I live?" "What should I do?"
• Logic may ask the question "How is your answer correct?" but logic focuses more on the process of answering the questions
• According to its etymology Philosophy means love of wisdom
• According to Aristotelico-Thomistic definition, Philosophy is a science that inquires into the ultimate cause using pure reason alone
• According to Karl Jaspers, Philosophy is a discipline where questions are more important than answers, and answers are bound to generate further questions
• 3 Greek words for Love

  1. eros
  2. agape
  3. filia
• filia means the kind of love that is based on friendship and loyalty
• eros means a kind of love that is sexual
• agape means a kind of love that is self-sacrificing in nature
• Ethics comes from the Greek word "ethos" which means "custom" in English.
• Custom in Latin is "mos", and "mores" if plural which we derived the English word moral or morality from