ARISTOTLE AND ETHICS

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ARISTOTLE AND ETHICSIn Aristotle's philosophy, friendship is intricately connected to both personal ethics and politicallife. Discuss how Aristotle distinguishes between personal and political friendship, and explorethe ethical and political implications of this distinction. In your response, critically analyze therelationship between the self, goodness, happiness, and justice in the context of friendship, asdiscussed in Aristotle'sNicomachean Ethics. How does political friendship impact the structureof a community, and what are its ethical considerations?Word Count Requirement:800-1,000 words

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Introduction:Aristotle has done a unique discussiononthe political community and friendship.Friendship is a pure relation andit happens witha personwho is almost areflection of self.Aristotle points out that however, political friendship is different than the regular friendship.Political friendship has some political interests or preferencesto it and thus cannot be said thepurest form of friendship(Eleni Leontsini, 1998).A friend is another self and thus friendship isone of theeasiest relations one can have with another person. This is the reason relation offriendship is connected withthe moral approaches inphilosophy.The discussion aboutfriendship according to Aristotle’s view is thus considered most thoughtful, deep seated andenduring experience occurred to humanity(Elena Irrera, 2008).Aristotle’s view on mixing of politics and friendship is thus studied thoroughlyand it isbasically mixingpolitics and ethics(Ann Ward, 2011).This is elaborated by describing thepolitical shades of friendship.Friendship contains a diverse range of emotionsand it hastraditional and untraditional approaches.The untraditional approaches does not meanunfaithfulor wrong approach for friendship but it cannotbe said as the purest form of friendship it is oftenmixed with other types of feelings(Eleni Leontsini, 1998).Aristotle definition of friendship ismixed withthe classical definition of the self.The political connotationsattached with friendshipalso gives a new dimension to the ethical approaches involve in the two approaches.ThesisStatement:The thesis statement is the political and ethical approaches of friendship according toAristotle.There is great emphasis given to the equation of friendship inpolitical and social

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