Molly Struxness Ethics December 10‚ 2012 The Nicomachean Ethics Book VIII/IX Summary: Friendship In these two books‚ Aristotle talked about friendship. He started by stating what the three different types of friendship are. The first type is when it is based on utility. This type of friendship is all about getting a benefit from someone else‚ and it will change according to circumstances. If a person doesn’t get benefits from the other anymore‚ the friendship will cease to be present
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Throughout Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle explains his opinions on morality and virtue. In the book‚ Nicomachean Ethics‚ he tells us how he believes moral virtue is acquired and what he thinks it is. By doing this he states multiple reasons and explanations as to why he believes the answers to his question. Explaining Aristotle’s thoughts on virtue and what it really means to him will be kind of hard considering how difficult his readings are to read‚ but I attempt to overcome that and
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In the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle strongly advocated for this idea. In Book I of the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle states‚ “since happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue‚ we must consider the nature of virtue…[as] to make fellow citizens good and obedient to the laws” (Becker #)
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Excerpts from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics – Book II W. D. Ross translation Book II 1 Virtue‚ then‚ being of two kinds‚ intellectual and moral‚ intellectual virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching (for which reason it requires experience and time)‚ while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit‚ whence also its name (ethike) is one that is formed by a slight variation from the word ethos (habit). From this it is also plain that none of the moral virtues
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Aristotle In Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle makes the case for the fulfillment of Eudimonea‚ the greatest happiness and good that a person can achieve. He states that there are 3 ways in which creatures‚ human specifically go about trying to fulfill Eudimonea. The first is through pleasure‚ be it sensual‚ tactile or mental. Through this basic ingredient me experience such things as food‚ games‚ and science fiction novels. The 2nd part of Aristotle’s Eudimonea is honor and recognition‚ be it recognition
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that children and animals make voluntary decisions‚ but are they responsible in the same way that mature adults are? Aristotle’s argument seems to be very circumstantial. There are many loopholes in the statements he makes throughout Book III of Nicomachean Ethics. Under what conditions is it acceptable
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What is that end or goal for which we should direct all of our activities? Eudaimonia‚ inherently translated as “happiness‚” carries implications of accomplishment and contentment. In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics‚ happiness is not described as an interior emotion‚ but as an activity. Happiness is a subject that can be assessed just as precisely by an onlooker as by the person being observed. “Happiness‚ above all else‚ is held to be; for this we choose always for itself and never for the sake of
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A big question of western civilization is how one achieves human excellence. The answer lies in the words of two well-known philosophers‚ Socrates and Aristotle. Throughout Plato’s‚ The Apology‚ and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics‚ the two tell all as to what it means to be a genuine‚ good person. In Socrates defense speech he explains to the jury what it means to be a just person‚ shown through his own actions in Greek society. Aristotle writes about what it takes to achieve happiness and how in
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for people because typically without a leader there is confusion and disorganization. Yet‚ Aristotle and Plato believe that we shouldn’t have just any leader‚ but a leader who has reasoning‚ is ethical‚ and is intellectual. For example‚ in Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle states‚ “And perhaps it is necessary also for someone who wishes to make others better through his care‚ whether these be many or few‚ to attempt to become a skilled legislator‚ if it should be through laws that we become good.”
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Galen O’Neill Perspectives Professor Donnelly October 7‚ 2014 Understanding The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle’s advice on living an excellent life in college and beyond would focus on the path towards attaining happiness. As the best‚ self-sufficient end and the highest form of good‚ happiness accompanies the acquisition of virtue through action and promotes pure character. Under Aristotle’s terms‚ balance rules the process of obtaining a life of excellence as it curbs extreme behavior and allows
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