Nicomachean Ethics

The Lengths Friendships Go Cicero gossip into great detail on the value of friendship in “Laelius: On Friendship” and it is evident that friendship should be valued among all things in life. But when it comes to how much a friend means to you, how far would you go for such a friend. Morals come into question on whether or not such a friend should ask you to commit extremities. Cicero begins to explain this concept in How far should you go in helping your friends? He gives many examples of how…

Aristotle uses the term “eudemonia” to explain what one should do to have the best form of life available. Aristotle first appeals to final causes to expand upon what the best form of life is for humans. Aristotle states that to know our goodness as human beings, we must show our function as a human being. To be happy, Aristotle suggests that we must find our function. In his argument, Aristotle determines how every human being has a unique characteristic activity, which is to reason. Thus, a…

In the dialogue of Plato’s Apology, Socrates thinks that he is benefitting his fellow citizens and making them happy. I believe it coincides with Socrates’ definition of happiness, his belief that his activities benefits his citizens, and his belief that he is benefiting his city. Virtue is necessary and sufficient to happiness according to Socrates’ views and once you achieve it, you cannot lose it. By achieving virtue, a person achieves happiness, therefore, according to Socrates that person…

In Plato’s Gorgias, we take into account two arguments that propose an idea on what makes a person’s life good. In Callicles’ point of view, someone who is “superior” is a person who is intelligent and brave. He argues that, “the man who’ll live correctly ought to allow his own appetites to get as large as possible and not restrain them. And they are as large as possible, he ought to be competent to devote himself to them by virtue of his bravery and intelligence, and to fill them with whatever…

Ashley Beechler Dr. Higgs Humanities 230 10/15/15 A Path for Perfection Studying humanities is applicable to everyone’s life due to the fact that humanities means the study of the human race, human nature, and the definitions that refer to human-like qualities. The arts help with cultural literacy, because it helps us to understand the overall culture. This is how humanities helps everyone as a whole, but humanities can especially help with specific majors such as Biology. Humanities help me…

1. The Greatest Happiness Principle discusses that the morally right action is the one that causes the greatest overall amount o pleasure ore least amount of suffering. The text, Fundamentals of Ethics explains it as the utilitarian outlook by saving that is required for us to create the greatest good for the greatest number (123).” In doing so, it is not always the action that benefits the most people but provides most pleasure. Secondly, we must choose the act that creates the greatest net…

Utopia, the good nonexistent place. That’s what utopia means in the Greek language. Thomas More in this book describes to us what he believes and sees a perfect society would look like and how it would function and treat the individuals living on it. I agree with multiple of the features of the society, but there are also some doubts and disagreements I have with some things within the society. I am going to list two of the excellent features and two of the inappropriate features that happen in…

We can acknowledge that beauty takes place in the aesthetic notion, which is the case of perceiving a subject without other purposes than appreciating it. This attitude is purposeless, because its involvement is to seek aesthetic pleasure. (Borghini) According to ancient Greek philosophy that extended into the seventh century there were philosophies on definition of beauty. “As a general term, the Greeks perceived beauty as interchangeable with excellence, perfection, and satisfaction.”…

In the Republic, Plato discusses and relates the three topics that are central to one lives, education, justice, and happiness. Through his definitions of these three topics, he considers how a society can achieve the proper education, justice, and happiness leading to his understanding of human nature. Plato addresses the close relation between being just and happy to the education received in society. The relationship between education, justice, and happiness depends on Plato’s understanding…

Greek Philosopher, Aristotle divided methods of persuasion into three categories: emotional, ethical, and logical. These appeals have been used for ages and are still used today. Antigone, a play written by Sophocles in Ancient Greece is an example of the use of the appeals. Antigone, Creon and Haimon used Aristotle’s Greek appeals to persuade individuals. Antigone primarily uses an emotional appeal to try to provoke the feeling of guilt in others to persuade them into helping her. Antigone…