PHL 333 Lecture 3: aristotle's nicomachean ethics (p2)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHL 333
• Professor: Sasa Stankovic

Document Summary

The end of all things is good. Hierarchies of good some ends exist to support other crafts/ends. Qualified good: good that directly contributes to rational action. Good without qualification: good, but not directly related to the purpose of your rational action. Nutritive part: involved with nourishment, growth, and decay: good without (cid:395)ualifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374): good fo(cid:396) you, (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)ute to (cid:396)atio(cid:374)al activity/goodness. Ie, (cid:862)hitle(cid:396) had fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)i(cid:374)g o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)s, does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) he was a good o(cid:396) (cid:396)atio(cid:374)al pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:863) Thinking part: involved with judgment, insight, wisdom, depth, originality: qualified good: with good development/learning, and fuelling action, it contributes directly to rational action. Emotional part: does not have reason, but can act in accordance with reason: also (cid:374)oted as the (cid:862)a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al pa(cid:396)t(cid:863) (cid:271)y a(cid:396)istotle. Random: sudden emotion or incidents do not make for virtuous character. It must be intentional action, by good rational thought, that make for a virtuous character. Feelings of pleasure and pain are also valid in determining virtue.