Descriptive ethics

Running Head : DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS

Ethics according to Plato and Aristotle

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Introduction

Descriptive ethics is sometimes referred to as comparative ethics and involves the studying of people 's belief about morality . It differs from the normative ethics which is concerned with prescribing how people should behavior and act , and from metaethics which is concerned with what the actual meaning of `right ' is . The philosophical field of descriptive ethics is a type of empirical study of people 's or individual 's attitudes . Those

who study the descriptive ethics are primarily concerned with finding out people 's belief with regard to things like values - which behaviors or action would be considered right or wrong and which features of moral agents would be considered virtuous . Studies in the descriptive ethics sometimes look into the individual 's ethical ideals or which actions societies would condemn or punish in politics or law . This paper will bring into perspective Aristotle 's ethics and how ethical decision is made by individuals in a society

In the present state of affairs the moral good of a citizen is not considered the obligation of the state political leaders may not even be expected to be highly moral or to show moral purposes to the physical state of life . However , for Aristotle and Plato , politics and ethics had close connection . According to Plato whoever wanted the best form of state must first determine and understand what forms of life are eligible . He argued further that virtue...