Aristotle claims that an activity is all happiness and good for someone‚ what he mean is that happiness are not a position; it is a way that will continue your trough out life. To understand happiness you must also understand the human soul‚ Aristotle says there are three different parts‚ part one is the vegetative‚ which basically means the fact that we are living just like the vegetables. In the second part there are the rational and irrational‚ which we and the animals have in common and share
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According to Aristotle‚ various individuals believe that the concept of happiness involves pleasure wealth‚ and honour. Many individuals have separate interpretations of what happiness is. However‚ Aristotle states that there are three of the most favoured lifestyles that involve happiness. These include: gratification‚ therefore involving pleasurable feelings and living a constantly satisfying and rewarding life. The second favoured lifestyle is “political activity” which involves the idea of honour
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In an attempt to define true happiness‚ Boethius utilizes the discussion between the Angel of Philosophy and the Prisoner. The Angel carefully lies down her argument in the earlier chapters of Book III by listing the factors that men believe lead to happiness‚ such as wealth‚ honor‚ fame‚ power‚ and pleasure. She soon‚ however‚ refutes such ideas beginning with chapters three and four‚ in which she discusses how happiness is neither wealth nor high office. In order to carry out her points‚ the Angel
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Ethics is a branch of philosophy that seeks to discover the most fundamental levels regarding the true nature of “good” and “happiness.” Within Ethics‚ there are several different sub-branches including those which will be discussed here: Aristotle’s Teleology and Epicurus’ Hedonism. Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle and Letter to Monoeceus by Epicurus provide us with two different perspectives concerning what happiness is. The following comparisons between these works highlight some of the the similiraties
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Happiness can be the chief good of morality. According to Aristotle and John Stuart Mill‚ happiness is the end or chief good of morality. Aristotle argues that happiness is the chief good of morality because everything a person will do leads to being happy. Every action performed by a person is aimed toward a good happiness. In Aristotle’s “Nichomachean Ethics” Aristotle argues that man must complete his job or duty in order to reach happiness. When trying to obtain happiness‚ man must be doing an
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In the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle sets out to give an account of how to best attain happiness. According to Aristotle‚ happiness is the greatest good and is the motivating factor for all of our actions (1094a1-3). Even though we may feel motivated to act in order to gain honor and praise‚ these things are not good for their own sake. Happiness‚ however‚ does not have a further end and is thus the greatest good (1095a17-20). Attaining happiness requires that we act in a way that corresponds with
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Premise 1: Objective reasoning is to flourish all human happiness in the present and future. Support: Flourishing happiness for everyone consists of thinking about all circumstances. In any situation a person should think about how it would affect others. The things that could affect others could change their life and their levels of happiness. It could also eliminate the suffering of someone in the future if a person considers all point of views for consequences. All people and happiness should
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The Subjectivity of Happiness In the article “The subjectivity of happiness: on Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s ’Flow” by Chase Nordengren we learn that in order to be truly happy one must change themselves and not the environment. In addition to changing the way we think‚ our habits and our actions individuals have to take into consideration the idea of flow activities. Csikszentmihalyi’s states‚ happy individuals are one with the world‚ engaging in activities that match a high level of difficulty with
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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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