In Nicomachean Ethics 1097b22–1098a18, Aristotle advances an argument for what the human good is, which comes to be known as the Function Argument. There are a lot of discussions in secondary literature of the Function Argument, but (well, maybe not) surprisingly, scholars disagree significantly on what the Function Argument really is (a.k.a. what the premises and conclusion are), particularly because the so compact Argument is unpacked in a rather rapid manner, and involves potentially ambiguous concepts of ergon (function or work), eudaimonia (happiness or living well), arête (virtue or excellence), activity, and soul. My research aims to find a most accurate and compelling reconstruction of the Function Argument. Since many contemporary
