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This 7 page paper provides an overview of Aristotle's views on morality and happiness. This paper is based on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. No additional sources cited.
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the world. In addition to this, though, Aristotle also argued that man can only function well in the world as a human being if they act in a manner
that is morally good. This statement, then, is used to support Aristotles final contention, that a person who is morally good, then, is a person that will be happy.
In understanding this argument, then, it is necessary to understand some of the central dictums presented by Aristotle in regards to the concepts of function, human nature and morality.
The break down of Aristotles argument is simple and appears to suggest a relatively straightforward correlation between morality and happiness. The following is a diagram of his
central argument: Function--->Happiness Morality--->Function Morality--->Happiness According to Aristotle, happiness or eudamonia, is directly linked to the application of techne, the process of pursuing what each individuals
does best, and the integration of knowledge and the aim of personal actions. Man cannot be happy if he is acting in a way that is outside of his
nature or his talents, and the pursuit of happiness is clearly with an internal activity by which man can assess what he has done, or accomplished and define it within
a context that is relative to his life. Aristotle believed that "happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with virtue." Aristotle recognized the importance of person reflection
in the development of his notion of virtue, and demonstrated in his arguments that mans achievement of a virtuous "good life" was means of attaining personal happiness. By
arguing for the self-directed pursuit of virtue, through a pursuit of both knowledge and wisdom, Aristotle demonstrated that the contemplative life is the happiest. Aristotles notion of virtue
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