ASSIGNMENT OF

CSR
TOPIC – ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF
ARISTOTLE & PLATO

SUBMITTED TO:- ASST. PROF. RAJESH

PREPARED BY:- AMANDEEP KOHLI
MBA GENERAL
 ETHICS

Ethics, also known as moral philosophy is a branch of

philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is,
concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice,
justice, etc.
 PLATO

 Plato was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical

dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher
learning in the Western world.
 Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the

foundations of Western philosophy and Science.

 ETHICAL VIEWS OF PLATO

Bringing in effective harmony of the whole.

Gives much importance on cooperation.

Just man is the building block of society.

Justice is not the right of the stronger but the effective harmony
of the whole.
 CONCEPT OF JUST MAN

A just man can be just at the right place

He can give to thje extent he receives

A group of just men make perfect and harmonious society and

efficient groups.
 ARISTOTLE

Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC) posited an ethical system that may be

termed "self-realizationism." In Aristotle's view, when a person acts in
accordance with his nature and realizes his full potential, he will do
good and be content.
 A R I S TO T L E ’ S E T H I C A L G U R U S

Aristotle's ethics builds upon earlier Greek thought, particularly

that of Aristotle's teacher Plato and Plato's teacher, Socrates.
Aristotle's ethics, or study of character, is built around the
premise that people should achieve an excellent character (a
virtuous character, "ethikē aretē" in Greek) as a pre-condition for
attaining happiness or well-being (eudaimonia).
 ARISTOTLE’S VIEWS

Happines is the ultimate goal of life

Rights of individuals are based on correctness of actions

Friendship is pivotal in human settlement

We love that which we have made. Eg. An Artist loves his
creation.
ARISTOTLE’S IDEAL MAN

Ideal man is in pursuit of truth and happiness

Ideal man’s carriage is a sedate, his deep voice,his speech

measured; he is not given to hurry.
Ideal man is of disposition to do men srvice, though he is
ashamed to have service done to him.
I D E A L M A N I S H A B I T U A L T O WA R D S : -

Conferring kindness against receiving kindness

Cannot live in complance with others (as it is the attribute of

slave)
Never feels malice (always forgets and passes over injuries) ,
does not like himself being praised or others blamed, does not
speak evil of others.
Ideal man of Aristotle is also considered as Superman as he is superior to
representative human being in all respects.
 WAY S T O A C H I E V E T H E G O A L O F
HAPPINESS

According to Aristotle, things of any variety have a characteristic function

that they are properly used to perform. The good for human beings, then,
must essentially involve the entire proper function of human life as a whole,
and this must be an activity of the soul that expresses genuine virtue or
excellence.
Thus, human beings should aim at a life in full conformity with their
rational natures
True happiness can therefore be attained only through the cultivation of
the virtues that make a human life complete