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Aristotle claims that human activities, including crafts and various forms of investigation, all seem to

aim at some end, or good, and hence the good for human beings is apparently some end (or set of
ends) at which human activities aims. The highest good, then would be that end (or set of ends) that
is most choiceworthy among the various ends pursued by humans. In this Aristotle idea is that we
pursue all sorts of ends, some of them because we think they are means to, or will contribute to, our
obtaining further ends. For example, you as a guy just chat a girl because you’re fascinated on her
beauty, and you just want to brag on your friends that you’re talking to someone beautiful, after 3
days you don’t want to talk on her anymore because you’re already fed up of her behavior. Other
aim is that you like that girl not just because you’re fascinated with her beauty but, you liked her
because of her good traits, you already know her since elementary, you decided to court her in a
good and proper way, you court her because you like her not just physically you like her because, all
about her. So basahin natin yung example dito, iexplain natin ung mga ends. So, magconclude tayo,
In any such end, in Aristotle's terminology, is unconditionally complete . Being unconditionally
complete is one mark of the highest good being sought. Another mark is self sufficiency, which an
end possess when having it makes life choiceworthy and lacking in nothing. If the highest good must
be unconditionally complete and self-sufficient; then ends like wealth are obviously eliminated from
consideration, and so are the ends of pleasure and honor. Pleasure and honor are
lack of unconditional completeness, because there is something further for which we
choose such ends, namely Eudaimonia Greek word usually translated happiness.
Happiness is unconditionally complete since we pursue happiness as an end for its own sake, never
for some further end, and all other ends are pursued for other sake of happiness. Thus, happiness is
supreme among ends. Moreover a happy life is self-sufficient, since achieving it makes life worth
living and lacking in nothing. Thus, for Aristotle, the highest good for humans is life of eudaimonia,
or happiness.

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