PHIL1070 Study Guide - Final Guide: Eudaimonia, Nicomachean Ethics, Practical Reason
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Nicomachean ethics: definition of eudaimonia (happiness, human fulfillment, human flourishing) Eudaimonia is an activity of the soul in accordance with excellence of the most perfect virtue. It is the highest human good over a complete life with sufficient, external good. It is not passive: definition of moral virtue (character virtue, excellence of character) Moral virtue is a disposition to behave in the right manner and a mean between extremes of deficiency and excess. We learn it through habit and practice rather than through reasoning and instruction: aristotle"s vision of the human soul. There are two parts of the soul: rational and irrational. The rational soul consists of theoretical reason and practical reason. Theoretical reason is a person"s ability to know rules and obligations, while the practical reason is a person"s ability to actually do them. The irrational soul consists of the vegetative part and the appetitive part.
