01:730:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nicomachean Ethics, Eudaimonia, Final Good

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: 01:730:103
• Professor: David Imparato

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Uses the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)good(cid:863) - imply it to many different things, such as good movie, beer etc; does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g i(cid:374) all differe(cid:374)t (cid:272)ases so the (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of the ter(cid:373) (cid:448)aries. Good = ai(cid:373)/goal/e(cid:374)d of a(cid:374) a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ity/a(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:862)telos(cid:863) Go to class - good grades - graduation - job market - money; all examples of a (cid:271)etter (cid:862)good(cid:863) Aristotle was optimistic; there was always a final good or goal to human life. The final good of human life is happiness(eudaimonia) Happiness has many definitions, even to the individual. Being popular, and have others like you. Have all the amount of money you can. Eudaimonia better described as grace/blessedness, as if god was looking down upon us and blessed us. Desirable in itself/want for its own sake. Hedonism = good life or happy life is the life that is the most pleasurable and the least painful. Aristotle is not a fan of this idea.