Sts 1 Flashcards
“All human activities aim at some good. Every art and
human inquiry, action and pursuit, is thought to aim at
some good; and for this reason the good has been rightly
declared as that at which all things aim.”
Nicomachean Ethics- Aristotle
•Living well and doing well
•Good life
•Happiness and excellence
Eudaimonia
Greek Word Eu-?
Daimon-?
Good
Spirit
•Ultimate end of human action
•Defines good life
•Does not come from sensate pleasures
•That which comes from living a life of virtue
Happiness
•Honor, pleasure, reason
•Virtues activities
•E.g., making sure that one avoids sugary and processed
foods to keep healthy is and activity that expresses virtue
Virtue
•Lack of discipline in eating healthful food eventually
makes one sick
•Lack of concern for the environment destroys the Earth
that we live in
•Does not contribute to happiness
Activities contrary to virtue
•Lack of discipline in eating healthful fo
Kinds Of virtue
Intellectual
Moral
owes its growth to teaching(experience and time
Intellectual
Result of habit
Moral
•Movement towards the good life
•One of the highest expressions of human faculties
•Allow us to thrive and flourish in life we so desire
•May corrupt a person
•Grounding one self in virtue help clear out of danger
Science and technology