PHILO-120 Lecture 2: Philo 120 (spring) - C2
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Aristotle: people can be incorrect about what is good. E. g. mistake: accumulating wealth and not doing anything with it/ keeping it for no reason = valuing something that is not actually valuable. In his definition: (defense of objectivity?? fill in: we think people can be . (oh no, people disagree about things where there is a right answer. The best good (fits all the criteria) Response: extend the idea of living well to living well in the afterlife (y) 5. ? (not yet - we need to know what counts as living well) What is living well? (conceptions of happiness) (n) wealth is comparative and cannot be attained by everyone. (n) wealth is not complete; desirable for the sake of spending, not only for its own sake. (n) people with wealth and no health/no pleasure. Health (prob. thinking specifically on physical health) (y) attainable by human action (depends on def.