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 Learning Outcomes
01 DEFINE THE GOOD LIFE IN
YOUR OWN WORDS

02 EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF THE GOOD

LIFE AS POSITED BY ARISTOTLE

03 EXAMINE SHARED CONCERNS THAT

MAKE UP THE GOOD LIFE TO COME UP
WITH INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
BY ETHICAL STANDARDS.
Aristotle
A Greek philosopher whose
work spans from natural
philosophy to logic and
political theory, attempted
to explain what the good is.
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
& MODERN CONCEPTS
WHAT ARE YOUR
GOALS IN LIFE?
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS 2:2

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.
What is a good life?
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS 1:4

“…both the many and the

cultivated call it happiness, and
suppose that living well and
doing well are the same as
being happy.”
 eudaimonia
▪ from the Greek word
• eu meaning “good”
• daimon meaning “spirit”
▪ The concept of living well and doing well.
▪ the good life marked by happiness and excellence.
▪ A flourishing life filled with meaningful endeavors
that empower the human person to be the best
version of himself/herself.
HAPPINESS
IS THE HIGHEST

GOOD
—ARISTOTLE
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS 1:10

It is the activities that express virtue that

control happiness, and the contrary
activities that control its contrary.
virtue
▪ constant practice of the good
no matter how difficult the
circumstances may be.

▪ the excellence of character

that empowers one to do and
be good.
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS 2:1

Virtue, then, being of two kinds, intellectual and

moral, intellectual virtue in the main owes its
birth and growth in teaching ( for its reason it
requires experience and time). While moral
virtue comes about as a result of habit.
 Intellectual virtue
▪ Ability to understand,
reason, and make
sound judgement.

Moral virtue
▪ Acquired through
repetition and
practice.
 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
allows us to thrive
& flourish in life if
with virtue can help we desire it.
may corrupt
an individual to be a person.
out of danger.
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