Aristotle and Nicomachean Ethics

In this paper, I will discuss some(prenominal) components of the good feel that Aristotle lays turn out in his renowned work, Nicomachean Ethics. Aa savant of Plato, Aristotle believed that gratification depends on ourselves. (Russell) consort to Aristotle contentment is the central direct of life and is the goal wholly man attempts to reach. Furthermore, Aristotle believed the highest good of tenders life is happiness and is compassd by living a life of deservingness. The deuce nigh important marvels to Aristotle were what is the good life and how can one achieve it. He believed happiness was reliant on deservingness or a variety of conditions some(prenominal) physical and mental. He believed friendship, virtue and the study of the highest things where criteria of the good life.\nAristotle argued virtue is reached by maintaining the Mean. Virtue involves the in-between choice between two extremes the excess and the deficiency. Some of these honourable virtues ad mit courage, wit, modesty, and generosity these are what he considers the Mean. Aristotle also believed piece can exhibited too ofttimestimes or too small-minded moral virtues (deficiency, excess). Some of these include cowardliness, shamelessness, rashness and bashfulness. Virtue prompts a person to make a causeable decision. According to Aristotle happiness is the activity of the soul and we butt against these virtues by voluntary means. Nicomachean Ethics, began by posing a question Every art and both inquiry, and similarly every body process and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declare to be that at which all things aim. (Nicomachean Ethics) Because his ethical theory contains authoritative propositions about mans purpose, his place in society, and what is in his best interest it is often viewed as being teleological.\nAristotle looks to temperament to explain happiness. He says every living thing has a soul. Becau se plants seek nourishment to prepare (vegetative) they have a soul. ...