Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: Analysis And Belief

Nicomachean Ethics: Analysis and Belief
What is Nicomachean Ethics? Aristotle thought it was important enough to write about the subject, but what is it? Aristotle believed that the “Highest Good” was the end to everything. By highest good he meant true happiness based on a virtuous life that required moral action. This is a system that is not standardized but is set up for everyone to decide what makes them happy. Nicomachean ethics is a fine balance between deficiency and excess. Nicomachean Ethics is based on an individual’s view of true happiness and I believe that Aristotle’s analysis of ethics would be a valid system.
I start with a brief overview on Aristotle’s book on Nicomachean Ethics with focus on the points that I believe make this type of ethics a valid system. Aristotle claimed that the ultimate end was true happiness. According to Richard Kruat, “The highest good has three characteristics: it is desirable for itself, it is not desirable of the sake of some other good, and all other goods are desirable for its sake.” While I
An example would be that hunting makes me happy because I am outdoors with nature and trying to provide food for my family, therefore I am happy. An animal rights activist would not be happy hunting, they might be okay with being in nature, but not trying to hunt an animal for food. Experience varies with each individual as well. Some people grow up in wealthy/privileged families, others grow up on the “wrong side of the tracks.” Both people may have the same belief as to what is right or wrong, or they could believe in the complete opposite. This belief is the beauty of human nature and ethical experiences. As Aristotle wrote “…happiness will be something widely shared; for it can attach, through some form of study or application, to anyone who is not handicapped by some incapacity for goodness.” (p