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
- If you think wealth will make you happy, you 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.
- 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
- Goldilocks theory - choose and enjoy what is just right
- 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.
- He believes that ethical action involved cognitive process
- We develop virtues when we are children
- He thinks that people do not grow up in healthy society will not be able to grow up to be virtuous
- eudemonia - happiness (Greek)
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