Category: Nicomachean Ethics

Nicomachean Ethics’: The Importance of Temperance It is extremely hard to avoid the attractions of worldly pleasures in todays world. There are many distractions that can deviate us from our goal of happiness. According to Aristotle, temperance is necessary for happiness because balance indulgence and insensibility. I intend to explain why temperance is problematic, and…

Nicomachean Ethics: Overview All human activities aim at some end that we consider good. Most activities are a means to a higher end. The highest human good, then, is that activity that is an end in itself. That good is happiness. When we aim at happiness, we do so for its own sake, not because…

Nicomachean Ethics’ Main Ideas The word happiness in the Ethics is a translation of the Greek term eudaimonia, which carries connotations of success and fulfillment. For Aristotle, this happiness is our highest goal. However, Aristotle does not say that we should aim at happiness, but rather that we do aim at happiness. His goal in…

Nicomachean Ethics’: The Importance of Temperance It is extremely hard to avoid the attractions of worldly pleasures in todays world. There are many distractions that can deviate us from our goal of happiness. According to Aristotle, temperance is necessary for happiness because balance indulgence and insensibility. I intend to explain why temperance is problematic, and…

Nicomachean Ethics: Overview All human activities aim at some end that we consider good. Most activities are a means to a higher end. The highest human good, then, is that activity that is an end in itself. That good is happiness. When we aim at happiness, we do so for its own sake, not because…

Nicomachean Ethics’ Main Ideas The word happiness in the Ethics is a translation of the Greek term eudaimonia, which carries connotations of success and fulfillment. For Aristotle, this happiness is our highest goal. However, Aristotle does not say that we should aim at happiness, but rather that we do aim at happiness. His goal in…

Aristotles Opinion on Laws that are a Social Construct: Analysis of Nicomachean Ethics All laws are a social construct. How would Aristotle respond to this statement? Aristotle would argue that all laws are a social construct due to providing a guideline for society to follow and benefit from, he expresses his judgement on social construct…

Aristotle’s Set of Ethics Represented in Nicomachean Ethics: Analytical Essay Aristotle was born around 384 BC in the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia where his father was the royal doctor. He grew up to reach a state where one could say that he is indeed the most influential philosopher to have ever lived with nicknames…