PHIL 1101 : Aristotle- Nichomachean Ethics (Book I)
13 Mar 2014
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And how do we achieve it: a good or an end (cid:224) the good is that to which all things aim (the reason we do something, we do various things for the sake of various goods or ends, not the opposite of evil but the goal of our actions, the good attracts us and is what desired, all goods are in a hierarchy but we forget that the ultimate goal is happiness (helpful to know our aim, so what is happiness, aristotle"s methodology: start with what most people say happiness is (cid:224) In accordance with virtue : virtue is a positive character trait that reflect a high moral standard, not necessarily connected to sexuality, not a behavior that gets in the way of what we really want to do, rather, virtue is what we need to achieve what means the most to us, virtue is a golden mean between excess and deficiency and something we get through habit.
