Philosophy of ethics is based on a couple of main theories that were found by the philosophers of the past several thousand years. Two of the main theories are the Virtue Theory found by Aristotle and the Theory of Utilitarianism found by the British philosopher John Stuart Mill. The two of them have very different opinions on what happiness is to each human being and how we should live our lives to reach the ultimate …
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…every person. Not everyone can be a scholar and lead a life of study. Most people are just not intellectually gifted enough to spend their entire lives learning different things from books. The majority of people would become bored really fast and become unhappy with their careers. Even if you could get everyone to become a scholar, there will be nobody left to do the other essential tasks needed for the general population to survive.