Section Four Of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle argues, in his book Nicomachean Ethics, that the good every action, art, pursuit, and question leads to is ultimately happiness. This paper is going to detail Aristotle’s reasoning behind that claim. Then an argument will be made for the objection of one of Aristotle’s reasons that happiness is the end goal for humans. At the beginning, Aristotle first argues that there is an end to everything. There's an end to activities, subjects, actions, and more. That end is desired for its own sake therefore it must be the chief good (Section 2). Aristotle acknowledges that there are certain ends to certain things but that there must be an ultimate end to everything. To Aristotle, this good must belong to the most authoritative art (Section 2). He argues that political science is that art because it dictates what should be taught and how much education an individual receives. Section four of Nicomachean Ethics, contains what Aristotle believes is the …show more content…
Politics are typically corrupt and therefore take no part in virtuous acts which Aristotle believes is how happiness is achieved. Political science is theoretically supposed to be about making others obey laws and be a good person, however; currently it is rarely held up to that standard. Corrupt politicians are found all the time. To achieve true happiness, a person must partake in good actions. Also, political science isn’t the art which will allow happiness to exist in every single person’s life. Every individual has a separate ideology about what makes them happy, so narrowing it down to just politics basically excludes the majority of people from obtaining happiness. Political science would essentially be the true thing that ends with happiness in a perfect world, but this isn’t a perfect world and many things can bring happiness to someone’s life through virtuous acts and living