Aristotle on Ethics, Happiness, and Virtue

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  • Aristotle on Ethics, Happiness, and Virtue
    • eudemonia - happiness (Greek)
      • Relates to daemon - spirit (a spirit that spoke to Socrates whenever was about to do something wrong
    • If someone thinks they are happy due to money are wrong
      • He thinks that this isn't okay to think. if you pursue wealth, you are looking to buy things not just for wealth.
        • If you think wealth will make you happy, you are wrong.
          • To think that it could is an error, its confusing the end we strive for, for a means to an end
    • Life of theoretical incury is the happiest life
    • Virtue will be using reasons to form the right preferences and to perform the right reasons
    • There are no universal rules that can be used in every situation
      • Practical rationality
    • Virtuous action will die between two means
      • Goldilocks theory - choose and enjoy what is just right
        • Courage is the mean between recklessness and coward
    • Incest would be too much sexuality. But celibacy would also be too little according to Aristotle. neither would be virtues
    • He believed that you can be overly virtuous
      • He thinks that people do not grow up in healthy society will not be able to grow up to be virtuous
        • We develop virtues when we are children
          • He believes that ethical action involved cognitive process
            • My inner habit will make me make the right choices and will find pleasure over doing the right thing. people who do bad, have an ingrain habit of this.

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