ore pleasure in his/her life due to the occurrence of that specific event. One can receive more pleasure in life by getting a new job. A new job would give someone money and the opportunity to do more things that would add pleasure to their life. An example of this in my life would be a job I just recently got in which I am now making more money than I was at my old job. With this job, I now have more money to do more things that will help to bring more pleasure in my life. I will never be able to do all things that I would like to do and this is where Plato’s idea of good being unattainable is demonstrated. Something that is unachievable would seem to have different opinions based on different personal beliefs. There are the ethical and moral stands on each issue and oneself and the people around them determine this sense of good by acknowledging the ethical and moral standpoints and determining what is more important to them regarding their decision. If something makes you and the people around you happy, then what happened to cause this occurrence was good. For instance, scoring the game-winning touchdown in a football game is good because your whole team will be happy about that touchdown and about winning the game. Another instance of this would be talking to your best friend after he/she just heard some bad news and cheering them up is good. If you can cheer someone up after talking to them, even if you didn’t cheer them up, the sheer fact that you showed them that you care about them and their problems will make them feel better and therefore that would be good. A little more appropriate would be to demonstrate to you how ethics and morals factor into determining this sense of good. Other people and their views on certain issues and events would be the ethics concerning that issue. Even though the more ethical decision that could be placed into this situation might not agree with the moral point of view,...
