The basics
The art/study of being good
ethics
rational soul
Complete this premise: Happiness is man's
greatest good
Aristotle
Most men erroneously identify the good with:
pleasure
That good for the sake of which everything is chosen
happiness (nominal definition)
Happiness is not (only/solely) a bodily good because:
man's highest faculty/power is not bodily (the rational soul)
Complete this premise: Man's greatest good is man's
ultimate purpose
Aristotle's most important work on the art of ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
Wealth cannot be the the ultimate good because it is only useful for:
the sake of something else
The good that, by itself, totally satisfies all of our desires
happiness (nominal definition)
Power cannot be happiness because it can be lost and possessed by the:
wicked/evil person
Complete the premise: Man's ultimate purpose is his:
proper activity
The aim of every human action
the good
Aristotle separates things good in themselves from:
things useful
Aristotle argued that all men, by nature, have a desire to:
know
Happiness is not money because money is a:
means to an end
Complete the syllogism:
Premise 1: Happiness is man's ultimate purpose.
Premise 2: Man's ultimate purpose is his proper activity.
Conclusion:
Happiness is man's proper activity.
Happiness can only be acquired by
virtuous activity of the soul/practice of virtue
The traditional Catholic philosophical and theological view of happiness can be defined as:
The activity of a rational soul contemplating God by means of virtue, especially wisdom.
Men, as civilization arose, began to develop arts that were not practical only because of this
leisure
Complete the syllogism:
Premise 1: Happiness is man's proper activity.
Premise 2:
Conclusion: Therefore, happiness is acting reasonably.
Man's proper activity is to act reasonably.
politics
Aristotle rejects Plato's understanding of the good as a, real, existing, single:
Idea/Form