and it differs from person to person (Ethics I. 4). There are three popular views on what the good is (Ethics I. 5) Life of pleasure‚ end/good is pleasure‚ Life of Politics‚ end/good is honor‚ and Life of contemplation‚ end/good is knowledge. However‚ good must be something final and self-sufficient (Ethics I. 7) the final end equal good that is happiness. The question is‚ is happiness acquired by learning or habituation‚ or sent by God or by chance (Ethics I. 9)? Happiness is not an emotional
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vital in a well-lived life. Based on the precise nature‚ true happiness can be found. In this paper‚ I will discuss Aristotle’s beliefs of human good and human flourishing. Aristotle’s most influential work was Nichomachean Ethics. No one is quite sure where Nichomachean Ethics originated from; they assume it is either‚ a combination of lecture notes from Aristotle or his students. He believes that every human activity aims at some good; every human activity aims at some end. He believes that good
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friends‚ because they are being pressured towards making ‘perfect’ friendships through stories‚ media‚ family‚ and education. Aristotle wrote of the significance of friendship in books VIII and IX of the Nicomachean Ethics‚ which deal exclusively with friendship. In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics‚ he proclaims that there are two different categories of friendship; perfect and imperfect. He considers that the greatest friendship anybody can obtain is a perfect friendship. However before a person can
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Stewart Martin 08/06/2012 Aristotle’s Ethics According to Aristotle happiness is the highest or self-sufficient good. Happiness is the end toward which all other ends are directed. Happiness is attained by living a virtuous life. Moral virtue is a relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency. Virtuous acts require conscious choice. Moral virtue requires moral action in a social environment. The term “happiness” as used by Aristotle is “eudaemonia ” and can be translated
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one of the founders of modern Western thought with Socrates and Plato. He was tutored by Socrates’ student Plato‚ later became very effective in the progress of the idea of scientism and scholastic ideology. Aristotle in his famous work “The Nicomachean Ethics” explains the virtuous and superior nature of justice where he claims that justice can mean either lawfulness or fairness‚ since injustice is lawlessness and unfairness. In his opinion‚ laws push and inspire
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concerns in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. There exist three types of friendship distinguished by Aristotle and the following essay will discuss this first. Then attention will be focused on complete friendship‚ the very one that Aristotle appreciates most‚ as well as the difference between friendship‚ self-love and selfishness. According to Aristotle‚ “friendship has three species‚ corresponding to three objects of love”. (In Dialogue with Humanity‚ 2011‚ The Nicomachean Ethics section‚ para. 1156a7)
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Aristotle is known for his ideas and beliefs in Nichomachean Ethics. Aristotle sates the individual should be thought of and taking care of first. If we are to take care of the few individuals‚ then the whole society should be taking care of. Aristotle uses politics and ethics together to explain the good life. People generally disagree as to the nature and conditions of happiness. Some people believe that happiness is wealth‚ honor‚ pleasure‚ or virtue. Aristotle thinks that wealth is not happiness
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Kyle Dee Ethical Theory October 29‚ 2014 Aristotle’s Friendship In Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle believed there are three different types of friendships; the friendship of utility‚ the friendship of pleasure‚ and the friendship of virtue. These are the three different types of friendships why someone might like someone else. Then argue in favor why a good person wants a virtuous friend. The friendship of utility is “those who love each other for utility love the other not in his own right‚ but
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what is Happiness? what is happiness? Since human beings appeared on earth‚ everyone in the world regardless of social class or rank has given a lot of effort to get happiness. The three kinds of rights‚ which are the rights to pursue life‚ liberty and happiness are clearly declared in United States Declaration of Independence. If people lost the right of pursuing happiness‚ human being’s lives‚ quality and value will be also lost. Hence‚ many people are striving to be happy. The author of the
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118-123‚ 184-185 Vol. I 5th Edition The Wadsworth Group‚ Thomson Learning Freedman‚ Russell Confucius The Golden Rule (2002) Scholastic Press Hoobler‚ Thomas and Dorothy Confucianism World Religions (1993) pp. 18-51 Brown Publishing Network “Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle” 350 B.C “Moral Character” Note # 2.4 Aristotle Retrieved November 18‚ 2004 from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-character/ #2.4 “Virtue” Retrieved on November 9‚ 2004 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue
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