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A 6 page paper which examines “the good for man,” and considers what Aristotle is arguing for and how he tries to prove it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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a singular form. However, for his most famous student, Aristotle, good was a distinctly human concept which meant nothing if it could not be practically applied by man.
Aristotle developed his hypothesis on "the good for man" in his treatise, Nicomachean Ethics, which begins with the statement, "EVERY art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit,
is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim" (Nicomachean Ethics). In other
words, Aristotle asserted that all of mans activities are geared toward achieving a common end - that which is good. He makes it clear that which is good for
man is unique to man, and is not interchangeable with that which is good for animals. Man has the capacity for reason, and therefore, he is able to create
his own value system, which serves to develop his perception of good. Aristotle contended that there is not a single universal good for man, but many, and are organized
in a hierarchical structure. He defined "the highest good" as "eudaemonia" (Titus and Smith 126), which has been loosely translated to mean happiness, and he endeavored to prove the
good for man by first considering what is perceived as being good, discussing its characteristics or listing its types, then posing some arguments against it. If it could not
hold up to scrutiny, it couldnt be good, at least by his definition. According to Aristotle, a prerequisite for goodness is that it must be an end unto itself.
In Nicomachean Ethics, he argues, "If... there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired for the sake of
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