<P> Aristotle first used the term ethics to name a field of study developed by his predecessors Socrates and Plato . Philosophical ethics is the attempt to offer a rational response to the question of how humans should best live . Aristotle regarded ethics and politics as two related but separate fields of study , since ethics examines the good of the individual , while politics examines the good of the city - state . </P>
<P> Aristotle first used the term ethics to name a field of study developed by his predecessors Socrates and Plato . Philosophical ethics is the attempt to offer a rational response to the question of how humans should best live . Aristotle regarded ethics and politics as two related but separate fields of study , since ethics examines the good of the individual , while politics examines the good of the city - state . </P>
who identified several general guiding principles for moral behavior
who identified several general guiding principles for moral behavior
Aristotle
Aristotle