Žižek criticizes ethical consumerism: the idea that you can do 'good' by buying products (e.g. coffee).
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Socrates demonstrated that a good philosopher continues to ask questions and is open to debating her/his ideas.
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Nussbaum critiques technical approaches to ethics and calls for more nuance, feelings and less theory.
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Plato identified four cardinal virtues, character traits that relate to the good life: wisdom, courage, moderation and justice.
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Aristotle maintained that we should act in the way a virtuous, well-reasoning person would act in our situation.
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Plotinus' ethics is about enhancing the identification with the 'higher' part of the soul.
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Arendt considers the 'absence of thinking' an important 'antecedent' of evil.
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Parmenides stated that 'something' cannot come from 'nothing'.
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Pythagoras was not only concerned with mathematics, but also with religion and music.
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Heraclitus stated that 'everything flows': things in this world continuously change.
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Diogenes was a cynic philosopher who advocated a 'simple life' in accordance with nature and reason.
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Zoroaster viewed life as a struggle between truth and lies; human beings should reject the latter.
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Singer poses that we ought to reduce poverty if we have the means to do so, in the most effective way. He's depicted here holding a life saver.
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Raphael, the painter of the original School of Athens, put himself in it as well. Some think Heraclitus (#10) is modelled after his "colleague" Michelangelo.
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Thales was the first known person to use natural (not supernatural) explanations for natural phenomena.
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