SOSC 2570 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nicomachean Ethics, Consistency, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2570
• Professor: Ted Winslow

Document Summary

To aristotle, the ultimate end of the things we do is eudemonic or. To aristotle, happiness is an end in itself activity which does not require anything else to make it better. We have the misconception of thinking some of our activities may lead to happiness but in reality is ends up leading to some other action. For example: we believe buying good food from the super market will lead to happiness but in reality is leads to a healthier diet which allows us to perform our daily tasks better. Depending on what task you do, you might get happiness or you might not. The activity needs to be an end itself to give happiness. The state of happiness comes from justice, which is the perfect practice of moral and intellectual virtues with others. The hierarchy of goods can be seen as the for-the-sake-of activity.