Aristotle in “The Nicomachean Ethics” he talks about the relationship between self-love and friendship. Aristotle states that there are three types of friendship: utilizing friendship‚ pleasurable friendship and virtuous friendship. In order to have a virtuous friendship you must have a virtuous self-love. In order to have a virtuous self-love you must do virtuous acts. “Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good‚ and alike in virtue.” (Aristotle‚ The Nicomachean Ethics‚ p.145) Human beings
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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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Aristotle‚ Nicomachean Ethics Is Happiness the ultimate goal that everyone seeks? Happiness is the goal that everyone seeks. Some people think that they seek honor‚ wealth‚ or any number of things. For example‚ if someone claims that they seek wealth in actuality they are seeking what they can do with that wealth. The same is for honor; they seek what other is giving them by being honored. Happiness is more like contentment. We do not make choices for the sake of something else; we make them
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conducts to achieve virtue in order to gain happiness‚ which is considered to be the most practical virtue according to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle believes that human soul can be divided into three parts—passions‚ faculties and states of character‚ of which we do not praise or blame our passions or faculties because they are natural. (5‚ Nicomachean Ethics) However‚ virtue is the exclusive practice that human have and a state of character inside a person‚ normally seen as the praise
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In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics‚ he states that there are three types of friendships that can be obtained- the friendship of pleasure‚ the friendship of utility and the friendship of good. The friendship of pleasure is a relationship based on the simple enjoyment of being around a particular person; the friendship of utility is a relationship based on convenience. In other words‚ this friendship has no real meaning behind it‚ other than this person is around this person frequently‚ so they might
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Nicomachean Ethics on Moral Virtue Aristotle believes that virtue‚ or excellence‚ can be distinguished into two different types. One being intellectual virtue‚ and the other being moral virtue. Aristotle encompasses intellectual virtue as being philosophical wisdom‚ understanding and practical wisdom. He considers moral virtue to be of liberality and temperance. Aristotle distinguishes between the two types using his previous argument about the irrational element. Aristotle shows that the irrational
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enduring happiness until the concept is introduced by Aristotle 300 years before century ago. The concept is known as the mean theory and basically it emphasizes on the balance in life in order to achieve a sustainable happiness in life. In the Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle‚ he presented the Theory of Mean that guide people to achieve a sustainable
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Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is an examination of a morality based on happiness. In his book Aristotle describes two types of the best life‚ each based on different types of reason. However there are inconsistencies between the two types of best life‚ which to be resolved require a look at‚ and the possible inconsistencies within‚ human nature. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is shown to be a perspective of morality requiring a critical examination‚ but which nonetheless reflects an important moral
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publication Nicomachean Ethics analyses what moral philosophy entails and how being morally responsible affects one’s virtues and perception of happiness. He notes that in every activity one undertakes the ultimate goal is to achieve an end to it in form of happiness/being happy. Every individual item has its own use‚ for humans for instance‚ ultimate good can only be achieved once every aspect of his life is well functioning in accordance to one’s nature (Aristotle‚ ‘Nicomachean Ethics’ 2004).
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One of the many subjects that Aristotle tackles in The Nicomachean Ethics is the concept and practice of friendship. Aristotle himself sets three requirements for friendship‚ as well as three separate categories for friendship‚ the categories being‚ utility based‚ pleasure based‚ and virtue based. While Aristotle does state that a virtue based friendship is the strongest‚ one could also put forth the argument that friendship only exists for the benefits of utility that come from friendship‚ leading
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