Aristotle's Aim For Good

Happiness is human goodness in respect to the virtuous activity of the soul. The good is what all things should aim in the end. We choose means that aim toward the good, and there are many choices that aim at good. Happiness is said to be the ultimate end nothing resulting other than happiness. Aristotle says “the soul of a human being is what influences our ability to rationalize” in irrational situations to aim for good. Happiness is chosen for the sake of one’s self the good we achieve for the sake of the other is where our human virtue allows us to produce human good.
Happiness has specific requirements that will be tested throughout life. It is the values and beliefs that will demonstrate the “bad” or “good” of a person. The ignorant …show more content…
Our intellectual virtue is something given naturally with birth and expands with knowledge as one being to explore life. Moral virtue arises from habit and adaptation. All humans have the ability to act and do good or bad. It is our parents and through living that teaches how to respond in a good manner and then by habit we are can become perfect in doing good. The acts of being just and brave are followed by being faced with situations where you have no other option other than to stand firm in who you are aiming to be. What occurs in our soul is transcended into the body if you have an angry soul you will do evil things. Not all will consider the same morals, however, it is the intellectual virtue that allows for rationalizing to result in the good of the other. When faced with certain situations where immediate action is required, we will know what right action is needed to react, and we know what type of reaction is required. Acts of good allow for the excellence of the soul. Virtue is determined by the actions of the soul and every action that is done is for either pleasure or pain. Good is in all even bad, circumstances are what we allow to make the activity god or