ARISTOTLE, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS EUDAIMONIA
THEORETICAL + PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
GOLDEN MEAN FRIENDSHIP
PHRONESIS ?EGOISM?
IDEAL OF KNOWLEDGE = NO ALTRUISM
BIOLOGY
NOT MATH
ARISTOTLE AS ONE TRICK PONY: ANALYSIS (like biology)
THE GOOD LIFE = RATIONAL VIRTUOUS ACTIVITY
CONTEMPLATION OVER ACTION
HIGHEST OF ALL VIRTUES = CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM
1 TELOS OF ETHICS = EUDAIMONIA FROM ARETE
SELF SUFFICIENCY HUMAN GOOD
2 CHARACTER EXCELLENCE = MEANS, END IS EUDAIMONIA
VIRTUE = MEAN BETWEEN 2 EXTREMES
3 MORAL VIRTUE = CONSCIOUS CHOICE, NOT INVOLUNTARY ACTS
COURAGE AND MODERATION
4 EXAMPLES OF MORAL VIRTUE
MAGNANIMITY AND $
SHAME NOT A VIRTUE (except for youths)
5 JUSTICE + FAIRNESS GREED (PLEONEXIA)
DISTRIBUTIVE
CORRECTIVE/RECTIFICATORY
GOOD RULER IN GOOD COMMUNITY
6 INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES
CONTRA FORMS
PHRONESIS/SOPHIA
7 IMPEDIMENTS TO VIRTUE
VICE
SELF CONTROL/PLEASURE
AKRASIA
PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY
8-9 FRIENDSHIP
USE
PLEASURE
VIRTUE / PURSUIT OF GOOD
UNIFIES VIRTUES OF CHARACTER + INTELLECT
10 PLEASURE ≠ HAPPINESS
INTELLECTUAL PLEASURES BEST (EUDAIMONIA/NOUS)
EDUCATION, HABIT, GOOD LAWS
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