CGS HU 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nicomachean Ethics
6 Apr 2016
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Universal, standards and objective truths that apply to all: when judging good/bad, moral/immoral. Aristotle and plato both categorizing this way. Life according to reason is best possible life one can have: aristotle"s (384-322 b. c. e. ) view. His father, nicomacus, physician to amnytas ii the king of macedonia. Raised in an atmosphere of inquire & investigation & study of natural history. Focus on empirical scientific work different from plato: direct observation to gain understanding. Studied at the academy the lyceum where aristotle made his own: liked structure not acknowledge women/slaves, rigid, static social system. Interested in systems take something as whole, break down to see how linked together. Separates human animal from others by realizing good vs. bad. Find happiness in civic, social environment b/c naturally social: dependent on each other. Dikaiosune the ideal plato explains and describes that is in relationship that creates an ideal just society justice .
