Lesson 7- The Good Life

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Fundamental Basis of Aristotelian Ethics

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◦ By Nicomachus
◦ 10 books
◦ A treatise on nature of moral life and human
happiness based on the unique essence of
human nature
◦ Useful in defining what the good life is

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Everyone is in pursuit of the

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good life

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We do certain things because we want to achieve a life which will make us

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Happy and content

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must be guided by some ethical basis that is not dictated by ____ itself.

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science

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Characterized by happiness that springs from living and doing well.

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Good Life

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State of being happy, healthy and prosperous (think , lives and act).

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Good Life

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Can be attained thru virtues of thought and character

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Good life

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A flourishing life filled with meaningful endeavors

empowers the human person to be the best version of himself

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Good life

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Nicomachean Ethics

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▪ Everyone aims to achieve that which is good.
▪ All human activities aim at some good.
▪ Every art and human inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason, the good has been rightly declared as that at which all things aim. (Nicomachean Ethics 2:2)

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Everyone aims to achieve that which is

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good

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good as a means to achieve something else

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Instrumental good

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good in itself, something worthwhile not because it leads to something else

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Intrinsic good

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is better than the instrumental good

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Ultimate good

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Education - wealth - success - happiness

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food, experiences

No: transitory and does not encompass all
aspects of life

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pleasure

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but still unhappy with the lives they live

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wealth

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is just intermediate good
is self-sufficient only

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wealth

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No: based on the perceptions of others

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Fame and Honor

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ultimate good

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Happiness

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happiness is living well and doing well (NE1:4)

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Aristotelian sense

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it is called Eudaimonia

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Greeks

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eu

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good

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daimon

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spirit

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means happiness and welfare; human flourishing and welfare

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Eudaimonia

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2 Hallmarks of Eudaimonia (Aristotle)(NE 1:7)

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Virtue Excellence

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exceeds all aspects of life for it is about living well and doing well in whatever one does.

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Eudaimonia

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in the sense of eudaimonia has to be distinguished from merely living good.

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happiness

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are what make them living things

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souls

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Aristotle’s Hierarchy of Souls

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Vegetative (nutritive) Soul Sensitive Soul Rational Soul

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possessed by plants; allows only growth, assimilation of food, and reproduction.

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Vegetative (nutritive) Soul

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possessed by animals but not plants; organisms with a sensitive soul sense and respond to the environment, experience pleasure and pain, and have a memory.

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Sensitive Soul

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possessed only by humans; adds thinking and rational thought to the functions of the other two souls.

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Rational Soul

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Tripartite Soul

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Aristotle

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Tripartite Soul (Aristotle)

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Humans Animals Plants

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Humans

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Rational Theoretical Practical

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Animals

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Sensitive Locomotion Perception

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Plants

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Nutritive Growth/nutrition Reproduction

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are capable of life guided by reason

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only humans

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is a uniquely human function for it can only be achieved through rationally directed life.

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happiness

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To live a good life to is to live a

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happy life.

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For Aristotle, happy life is achieved by living a life of

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virtue

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It is the activities that express virtue that control happiness, and the contrary activities that control its contrary. (Nicomachean Ethics 1:10)

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1. Avoiding sugary food 2. Helping an elderly to cross the street 3. Observing proper waste management

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Human Happiness | Aristotle:

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Life of virtue, life of excellence

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excellence of any kind, can also mean moral virtue

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Arete (greek word)

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quality of being morally good

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Virtue

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Important in attaining of good life

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Happiness

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Important in attaining of good life → Happiness

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Constant practice of the good no matter how difficult. Excellence of character that empowers one to do and be good. Cultivated with habit and discipline as it is not a one-time time deed.

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Types of Virtue

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Intellectual Moral

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Achieved through education, time and experience; can be instructed

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Intellectual Virtue

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Achieved through habitual practice or by “living them”; we acquire and not inherent

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Moral Virtue

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Kinds of Intellectual Virtue

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Wisdom Understanding Scientific Knowledge

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Kinds of Moral Virtue

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Generosity Temperance Courage

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Both intellectual and moral virtues should be in accordance with reason to achieve eudaimonia.

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Virtue

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A balance between two extremes is a

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requisite of virtue

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is ruined by any excess and deficiency in how one lives and act.

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Virtue

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is ruined by the needed emotional and proper action to address a particular situation

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Courage

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state of being happy, healthy and prosperous in thinking, living and acting

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Eudaimonia

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Path to the good life is composed of

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virtue of thought and character

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is the Happiness brought about by living a virtuous life.

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Good life

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leads to a good life as it is responsible for advancement in all sectors of the economy.

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Technology

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In approaching the goodness of all the technological advancements, one must be guided by

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Aristotelian virtues

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By imposing an ethical standard in Science and Technology, not only scientific and technological development will flourish, but also the

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human person

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itself is a tool. Whether ______ leads to a good life or not depends on how it is used and integrated into society.

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Technology

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The Good Life is the Happiness brought about by living a

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virtuous life