Moderation In Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Virtue Ethics is an important topic to study, because it is Aristotle’s view on the way we should all be living our lives. This topic is also important because it allows a person better understandings on how to be a good and responsible human being. Virtue Ethics teaches people how to make the best decisions in life. Nicomachean believed that to be virtuous a person had to have the habit of behaving in moderate ways. Aristotle states that “it is clear that none of the moral virtues are engendered

In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle frequently references the doctrine of the mean. This doctrine discusses how every behavior has a moderate behavior that stands in between two extremes. In Book II, he goes into detail on the difference between knowing something through learning and having the natural knowledge or ability. He applies this to his idea of man being “moderate” or “excellent”. Aristotle’s philosophy on the excellences of character is that ‘practice makes perfect’. The philosopher

In the Philosophical work, Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle makes claims about happiness being the highest aim and end at which all human activity is directed. He states that happiness is a supreme good, and therefore should be considered the ultimate goal of every action undertaken by an individual. This assertion regarding happiness as a final end, proposes the question, how can a person define and obtain happiness? Aristotle attempts to use his theory of ethics to address this question. His perspective

discussion, happiness will be defined primarily by Epicurus and Aristotle’s definition of happiness, which consists of fulfilling the primary purpose of a human being, which is to reason well and to act in accord with reason, which is to possess and utilize prudence, intellectual virtue, and moral virtue in every action and choice. In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses the notion that virtuous actions, in moderation, lead to a virtuous life and, in consequence, a happy ... ...

philosophers divided the soul into different parts so that each can be examined. Plato and Aristotle were both great philosophers during their time and in the present. Both their works on Ethics have taught many students a great deal and will continue to do so throughout time. Bibliography: Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis/Cambridge, 1999. Translated by Iwrin, Terence Plato. Republic. Hackett Publishing Company, Indianapolis/Cambridge, 1992. Translated

In the work, Nicomachean Ethics, the philosopher Aristotle creates a guideline for those who are serious about pursuing happiness. Aristotle's recommendations for finding happiness are not accepted today without some struggle and careful examination. In Aristotle's time, slaves, women and children were not truly considered human; so in many cases the philosopher is directing his words towards free males only. It is necessary to understand that by overlooking this discrimination and applying it to

This paper will analyze Aristotle’s view of Happiness from Book 1 chapters 7-12 and Book 10 chapters 1-8 of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle greatly believed in virtues, which he asserted led to happiness. The usage of virtues meant to him the action of achieving moderation and balance. Aristotle spoke on the process of achieving happiness that is not based on an emotional state. The idea is only that if a person lives in a given way that reaches his/her full potential through blooming or

acting, and it is in some sense point toward action. Practical reasoning has been much discussed by philosophers, and it is catalogued under Moral Philosophy. For Aristotle’s moral philosophy, as it appears in his document now called the Nicomachean ethics, reflects his teleological (goal-oriented) metaphyics. In the Nicomachean ethics, where Aristotle considers a science of doing, and acting in certain way to seek rational ends. The notion of Goal, or Purpose, is the principal one in his moral

context, historical period, religion. Aristotle has given is own account of virtue in his ethical system, describing it as the way to reach the best life possible. The aim of this essay is to give an illustration of the concept of virtue in the Nicomachean Ethics, but before two specifications are required. The word used by Aristotle and generally translated as “virtue” is “arete”. Translating a text from a language to another is never easy, especially philosophical texts, especially from extinguished

a factory in China that produces Apple electronics and revealed Apple as a company that overworks and neglects their employees (Bilton). I will use Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics to analyze my moral dilemma from Aristotle’s perspective. Concerning the ambiguity of my dilemma, Aristotle asserts that ethics is not a precise study. He notes in Nicomachean