Happiness as the highest good (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1)

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what moves humans to act according to aristotle

every human activity is in pursuit at some perceived good

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what is his view on different kinds of actions

  1. actions that produce other things such as medicine

  2. actions chosen for their own sake, like happiness

  3. actions that have reason

  4. virtuous actions that are performed “well and finely”

  5. actions that require external resources

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what is aristotles view on the the hierarchy of ends

  • goods exist in hierarchy

  • some goods subordinate to others (wealth)

  • happiness highest good

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why is happiness the highest good

  • complete and self-sufficient

  • chosen for its own sake and not for the sake of anything else

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what does aristotle mean when he claims that happiness is the function of a human being

  • action chosen for its own sake

  • aristotle emphasizes that our activities are done with reason

  • rational thought and action