Aristotle's Ethics
Aristotle claims that happiness (flourishing or living well) is a complete and sufficient good. This implies that it is desired for the sake of happiness with no capability of being evil in any way. There are many avenues in which happiness can be achieved and Aristotle delves into some of these examples – pleasure, comfort etc. He specifically mentions the life of gratification, money making, political action and the philosophical life. Aristotle doesn’t necessarily agree with living a life of making money or gratification, but does admit that living the happy life does include gratification. The question of what happiness consists in is approached in several ways. Aristotle notes that in plants and animals, flourishing is a part of their functioning as well ingrained in their nature. This brings up the question of what the major function of a human being is. Aristotle states that our function indwells in reason and acting accordingly to reason. He claims that this is the heart of the doctrine of both moral and intellectual virtue. So, essentially, by exercising and practicing moral an
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Approximate Word count = 737
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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