PHL 606 Chapter Notes - Chapter -: Ethical Egoism, Selfishness
14 Jan 2017
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Aristotle"s 3 basic kinds of friendship in today"s situations. Friendship as a basic social relationship between human beings. We look at friendships as pleasant, personal associations with certain individuals that we are acquainted with and are kind towards. Aristotle encompasses something more basic and foundational when it comes to the nature of friendship - his idea is not limited to pleasant, personal associations . Aristotle"s idea: a generalized feeling of goodwill" toward another human being (which can take many different forms) . Three basic kinds of friendship (1) friendship based on utility . Based on valuing the use (or utility) that another person may possess with respect to one"s own interests. Problem: friendship that exists in virtue of (or on the basis of ) utility, only endures as long as that particular person is (or is believed to be) useful. Two limitations to this type: they are less stable by nature; it.
