The Good Life Flashcards
Wrote the Nicomachean ethics
ARISTOTLE
Means living a virtuous life
A GOOD LIFE
Definition of good life based on the subjective
view of others
FAME AND HONOR
Achieved through habitual practices
MORAL VIRTUE
Examples of Moral Virtue
Courage
Generosity
Temperance
What makes living things alive
SOUL
According to Aristotle: “is a state of character”
VIRTUE
Can be achieved not by wealth or pleasure, but
by being kind, virtuous, and living well
EUDAIMONIA
Central Idea of Eudaimonia
highest form of
material success and wealth
EU means?
GOOD
Daimonia means?
SPIRIT
The idea of cultivating virtue and excellence in
one’s character.
➢ Refers to EXCELLENCE or VIRTUE
ARETE
Illustrates a nested hierarchy of the functions and
activities of the soul
TRIPARTITE SOUL
Key intellectual virtue guided by ethical behavior
WISDOM
describes virtues that are valuable for their own
sake and not merely as a means to an end
INTRINSIC GOODS