Philosophy on Ethic

The central question in this philosophy curse is to define what the good life is. So how I will know whether or not I have lived a good life?

Both Plato and Aristotle said that the good life is total virtue. Plato reasons that a person will exhibit total virtue when his desires have been extinguished, while Aristotle believes the perfection will bring forth the virtue in men. Both Plato and Aristotle agree that education is the means to learn virtue. Is this the good life for me that being virtue as Plato and Aristotle stated? I do not think so because as I thought good life is to do what I want to do not only being virtue and desires extinguished. I think Education is a good way to being virtue and have a good life but not the only way. For example, I received love from my parents and friends that I have a good life of my relationship at least.

Nietzsche thinks that the purpose of life is to be the superman. Superman is the symbol of ideals. Although the superman is not the specific human, it is the illusory image. The superman proposed targets to us and is one of self-transcendence. If my life is such as a superman, I even cannot image what I will do: Contempt for all traditional moral values? Do whatever I want? Or even slave of weakness people? In my point of view, Nietzsche’s opinion does not fit me because I do not want to be the superman. I disagree with his statement about non-equality between male and female, no freedom of marriage and no women’s liberation. On the other hand, the superman is not necessarily having a good life as our normal people because I think once a man being the superman thus the man is lonely forever. A person with lonely life is not a good life.

The Christian said if we want to have a good life, we have to follow Jesus’ greatest commandment: love God completely and everybody even if they treat you wrongly whether you know them or not such as Jesus said “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” One of the...