317 BONG HiTS 4 JESUS

According to Wikipedia "Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical science, i.e., one mastered by doing rather than merely reasoning. Further, Aristotle believed that ethical knowledge is not certain knowledge (like metaphysics and epistemology) but is general knowledge. He wrote several treatises on ethics, including most notably, Nichomachean Ethics, in which he outlines what is commonly called virtue ethics.
Aristotle taught that virtue has to do with the proper function of a thing. An eye is only a good eye in so much as it can see, because the proper function of an eye is sight. Aristotle reasoned that man must have a function uncommon to anything else, and that this function must be an activity of the soul. Aristotle identified the best activity of the soul as eudaimonia: a happiness or joy that pervades the good life. Aristotle taught that to achieve the good life, one must live a balanced life and avoid excess. This balance, he taught, varies among different persons and situations, and exists as a golden mean between two vices - one an excess and one a deficiency".

With Aristotle's views on ethics I believe that he would be against the student holding a sign across from the school reading BONG Hits 4 JESUS. according to our book Media Ethics Aristotle feels that it is ethical to "act according to high standards". Holding a sign a sign reading BONG Hits 4 JESUS can be taken many different ways, as we have seen in this debate, and since it can be seen in both negative and positive ways it is not an act of high standards.

Acording to Wikipedia Immanuel Kant "is known for his theory that there is a single moral obligation, which he called the "Categorical Imperative", and is derived from the concept of duty. Kant defines the demands of the moral law as "categorical imperatives." Categorical imperatives are principles that are intrinsically valid; they are good in and of themselves; they must be obeyed in all situations and circumstances if our behavior is to observe the moral law. It is from the Categorical Imperative that all other moral obligations are generated, and by which all moral obligations can be tested".

I believe that also with Immanuel Kant he would rule on the side of the student in this case. He could argue that a sign reading BONG HiTS 4 JESUS was performed from duty. One type of duty that Kant believed in was meritorious duties. One of these meritorious aids is to show gratitude. Who is to say that this student wasn't holding this sign this sign as to show his gratitude towards Jesus? Kant feels that an action is morally justified because it was performed from duty. In this case because the sign does read .. 4 JESUS, this could be taken as gratitude for his acts.