According to Aristotle‚ the purpose in life is happiness‚ everything you do is because we as humans‚ build our life towards happiness. In politics‚ the laws should be ethical and help individuals reach happiness. With that‚ the leaders we choose should be ethical and care about others in the community. The state’s goal should be ethical laws in order for a society to function well and have happy society. In order to become happy‚ we must surround ourselves with other happy people and eventually
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The founding fathers of the United States‚ used the philosopher Aristotle’s beliefs of morals and values in the United States Constitution. His teaching of happiness‚ as the basic rights of American citizens. His arguments was the importance of happiness and‚ how it evaluate basic human lives. In old age‚ people should measure happiness by contribution to society‚ fulfill life purpose and humanity acts. Aristotle place the important of having a purpose in life for happiness. The importance in
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I scored 5.07 on my Happiness Test. According to Wright‚ S (n.d.)‚ 4-5: Rather happy; pretty happy. Check other score ranges for some of my suggestions. 5-6: Very happy. Being happy has more benefits than just feeling good. It’s correlated with benefits like health‚ better marriages‚ and attaining your goals. Most likely I would place myself in the same category as I scored on my test. Therefore I agree with the results of this test. I’m happy about getting number 5 on my test. The test
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In his book Nichomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle outlines a teleological framework as a way of understanding human activity. As a part of this framework‚ Aristotle suggests that there is an ‘ultimate end’ which is the goal of this human activity. For the purpose of this paper‚ I begin by reconstructing Aristotle’s teleological framework‚ and its relationship with the idea of an ‘ultimate end’. I will then go on to argue that while the framework offers one understanding of human activity‚ that it does not
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In the case of Aristotle’s philosophies founded in Nicomachean Ethics‚ we uncover the theoretical truths in which he presumes to be the best life man can accustom throughout a lifetime. In this essay we will explore Aristotle’s theories of the golden mean in alignment with morality‚ rationalization‚ and habitual practice‚ which are all necessities in completing our moral virtues‚ therefore‚ reaching our end to happiness. We will examine the mean being relative to ourselves‚ arguing why this concept
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Many people believe that happiness comes from pleasure that earth has to offer or doing something that entertains a person and that makes a person think they are fulfilled. Aristotle thinks this is not true happiness but those are things that make the body think it is happy. In Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle explains what happiness is and how it is found. He explains the point of seeking happiness and the correct way of doing it. Lastly‚ he explains what the role of virtues play in the life of a happy
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Every people has their different meaning of happiness and they will constantly seek for happiness in their life by doing many things that satisfied them. However‚ most of the happiness that achieved by them are not the real happiness that they are looking for‚ but instead it is only a pleasure‚ which can only last for a very short period. This mainly because they never realized about the existence of enduring happiness until the concept is introduced by Aristotle 300 years before century ago. The
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Justice‚ Tranquility and The Greed for Money Lynn Hubbard is handicapped. She happens to also have her own law firm. In the past year‚ she sued more than 600 nearly irreproachable institutions for over two million dollars. Hubbard and her entourage of scheming lawyers have not done anything illegal. Some may argue that she has simply exercised her right to the legal system. In any case‚ Hubbard is part of the growing American society that has discovered large money in mass litigation. This
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How Do Relationships and Experiences Affect Happiness? Cameron Loutensock College of Southern Idaho How do Relationships and Experiences Affect Happiness? Happiness is one thing that many people overlook when it comes to how we become happy‚ or simply put what makes us happy and how the things in life affect our happiness. Some of the things that we may think of when it comes to happiness is the relationships we have in life and the material possessions or the things we experience
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"Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking” Aristotle Introduction One of the greatest philosophers of the 19th century‚ Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)‚ once said "Money is a barrier against all possible evils." Indeed‚ money can be used for good and the acquisition of money can be done in a moral and upright way. He advises the reader to restrain from striving for wealth‚ since a lot of money does not make one very happy‚ and
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