PHI 2200C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Friedrich Nietzsche, Nicomachean Ethics
1 Apr 2019
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Philosophy notes 1: the project of living well (lw) (individual thing, happiness, success, health, wealth, love, pleasure, peace, security, the project of living rightly (lr) Possibilities: no conflict (get them at the same time) Lr defines lw i. plato"s position: no conflict. Lw defines lr: be good to yourself , wants you to be happy in this world. if you have to make decision to do the right thing (unpopular/dangerous decision), you must make that decision i. kant"s position: conflict. nietzsche"s position i. great people don"t worry about petty morality. Plato is more spiritual, and aristotle was his first student. Teleological- telos; the purpose, the end- aristotle"s philosophy. Acorn seed- start of a new plant; natural tendency if it isn"t blocked and has enough sunlight, it is going to me an oak tree. So the oak tree is a telos of acorn seed. Excellence, happiness and fulfillment- if you want this, you will need to go through virtue.
