5/25/2016
- Nicomachean Ethics and 2 more books
- Aristotel's ethics - the prevailing opinions of educated and experienced men of his day.
- Good is happness which activity of soul
- virtue is golden mean between 2 extremes.
- justice is not equality but right proportion
- magnanimous man must be good
- depends on having exceptional social position
- discussed about friendship, pleasure, virtue in contemplation.
- Examining his ethics
1. On the whole book is self consistent
2. Consistent with his other doctrine
3. Acceptance of inequality. Absence of philanthropy. Lacking intrinsic importance.
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