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Fri 14 Mar 2008

The Three Systems of Ethics and Their Reconciliation

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Ethics: The Three Systems
1. The Ethics of Buddha and Jesus:
• All men are equally precious.
• Resists evil only by returning good.
• Identifies virtues with love.
• Inclines in politics toward unlimited Democracy.
2. The Ethics of Macchiavelli and Nietzsche:
• Accepts the inequality of men.
• Relishes the risk of combat and conquest and rule.
• Identifies virtue with power.
• Exalts a hereditary aristocracy.
3. The Ethics of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle:
• Only […]