PHIL-P 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Terence Irwin, Nicomachean Ethics, Summum Bonum
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P140 aristotle"s nicomachean ethics book i notes- happiness. Different ends (goals) possible: highest ends- ends in themselves; desired for their own sakes, lesser ends- means to higher ends; products apart from other acts. Chapter 2- the highest good and political science. Find and good to preserve individual goods; better, more divine to preserve collective (for peoples/cities) Good judge on given topic- person educated in that subject. Since actions pursue some good, must identify end of political science (highest good possible: eudaimonia- flourishing, living well; happiness in broader sense, people agree happiness is highest good, disagree about what makes happiness. Ideas can change given circumstances- pleasure, wealth, heath, friendship, etc. According to the wise, 1 there is some highest good, existing independently, that makes all other goods good. Life of gratification- typically preferred by the many ; involves pleasure, considered animal-like. Life of study- not having to do with wealth; must have end-in-itself. Chapter 7- an account of the human good.
