Eudaimonia

intensity and duration. This essay will first lay out the importance of this view and its major positions which it stands for. After which, objections against Hedonism (from Aristotle and Cicero), and the Evolutionary perspective will be discussed. Eudaimonia is the highest good in life (Aristotle), and the evolutionary argument to what makes a good “The highest good” is that it leads one away from death, and towards life.…

The meaning of life is a question that many people have wondered about since human existence. The life we live should have meaning, but if it does what is that meaning. The meaning of life is most likely not a definition, but a form of life. The meaning of life can be seen as living life a certain way that fulfills the function of life. The overall goal of almost all humans is to be happy and experience love. However, experiencing happiness and love would require a certain way of thinking and…

more of a complaint about the commanding nature of Virtue Ethics and how is too much for humans to bear. I find this a shallow issue with Virtue Ethics that takes away from the ability of humans. If virtue is heralded as a necessity on the path to Eudaimonia why couldn’t it upset our human need for security and require us to free ourselves as humans from our fear of discomfort and allow us to potential become moral exemplars. Considering wisdom to be the most important virtue to the Greek…

The reporters of the Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras are the primary reporters of the Snowden’s case and they are assisted Snowden to public the surveillance programme. The intention, which they report the news and helped Snowden, is they believed people should know what government do, and avoid government over-use the power. (Greenwald, 2014) According to the Kant’s ethics theory, their action is for public benefit, they think the government should not hide the surveillance…

Firstly, the Greek word of Eudaimonia was known as “happiness”. Aristotle had split the form of happiness into three categories known as pleasure, freedom, and a thinker. Aristotle believed that one of the best ways to achieve becoming a virtuous being was by finding balance between…

Few issues are as contentious and endless as how to achieve a life full of happiness. Many arguments can be discussed about which viewpoint could be classified as the underlying best, but, out of the various aspects, the Epicurean and Aristotelian concepts, in my opinion, make the most outstanding deliberation for Frederick’s situation. Are the ethics developed by Epicurus better suited for Frederick’s happy life, or do the moral principles surrounded by Aristotle promote a more enhanced…

Professional ethics has been an essential topic for engineers to comply to. This concept of professional ethics can be categorized into three varieties: prohibitive ethics, preventive ethics, and virtue ethics. Virtue ethics emphasizes the concept for engineers to promote the qualities of a character and also the quality of life of the people. This is supported by the Texas Engineer Practice Act where it is stated that: “Engineers shall be entrusted to protect the health, safety, property, and…

Throughout Jose Antonio Vargas’ film, Documented, he talks about the day to day struggles about being an undocumented immigrant in the United States. Mr. Vargas also wrote a New York Times article called “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” elaborating how he feels like an outsider in his own country, the United States of America. To what extent does defying the law make someone “illegal?” Aquinas states that a law may be broken if it is not rational. With over 11 million undocumented…

Aristotle’s Function Argument looks at determining the ultimate ends to all means, – Eudaimonia or happiness and wellbeing – and explains that this end, in itself is the only thing that is never used as a means to obtain another end. Despite how immoral or wrong the act of a person may seem, their ultimate end from committing the act is the same whether or not they think so. If a person wants to obtain pleasure, honor, money or another external good – external good being one of three types of…

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…