Nicomachean Ethics Analysis

 Aristotle wrote Nicomachean Ethics, and coined the word ethics. Fir him, ethics was about developing a virtuous character which may led to eudaimonia, or in other words true happiness.
 Sometimes we may not feel like forgiving someone, yet we have to. Maybe, our feeling of love isn’t strong for our spouse even though we experience love and forgiveness. We may experience them, and those behaviors turn into a habit.
 Aristotle believed that doing the right thing could lead to virtue habits. Those habits could lead to virtuous character when you make virtuous things by your own choice.
 Also, for him happiness was the summum bonum, or known as the highest good. Other desires, he said, you desired because you instructively sense that it will eventually lead to happiness.
 Another key idea that …show more content…
Calling that state of mind apatheia.
 If the world is directed by Reason, by the word, Logos, then every one of us have a seed of Logos, or the “implanted word.”
 In more modern times, there’s been a shift in circles which are heading back to more virtue-based approach rather than ethics.
 MacIntyre pointed out that a lot of ethical theory in the early twentieth century amounted to “you shouldn’t kill people because we don’t feel good about such things,” known as emotivism.
 Christian believe that virtue/vice, good/evil, are bigger than what someone may just be feeling. Some say goodness, and virtue derive from God’s nature, while others say his command.
I would define “happiness” in America as being as a certain point in life where one’s personal, financial, and social along with other aspects are balanced to the point where they are content with their standing. Though, it may vary upon every individual, I feel everyone wants to have a well-balanced life, instead of being okay in one area but lacking in another