PHL277Y5 Lecture Notes - Nicomachean Ethics, Thrasymachus, Hackett Publishing Company
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In aristotle"s nichomachean ethics, aristotle discusses the makings of an excellent or virtuous person and the good life. He states that an excellent person leads a good life in that he/ she fulfills his/ her function of existing as a human which is to choose well and make good judgments (1107a). Aristotle states that humans have the capability to deliberate and through this they can either gain or lose control on their emotions (1112a15). The strength of their deliberation guides their choices in life and good choices are those which are balanced and fall in between the extremes of excess and deficiency. It is the rational, calculative part of the human soul which is involved in making good judgment. If one cannot deliberate upon their emotions and properly reason (consider all aspects of the situation), then it is possible for him/ her to go against his/ her better judgment.
