1) Aristotle discusses four things needed to live well: health, wealth, friendship, and virtue. 2) He defines eudaimonia as a happy life that is successful and allows one to provide for loved ones. The highest state also includes money, good looks, and ancestry. 3) Aristotle says the function of human beings is rational activity, and virtue is achieved through both nature and nurture, as well as learning and developing knowledge.

1. H A P P I N E S S C A N N O T A L W A Y S B E T H E
B A S E M E N T O F M O R A L I T Y
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics

2. 4 things to live well
1.
• Health: The physical perfection
2.
• Wealth: The economic ability
3.
• Friendship: The need of affiliation
4.
• Virtue: The Ethics followed by one self

3. Eudaimonia: A happy Life
 A life that is successful
 Want for those we love
 Highest state of Eudaimonia: Having money,
reasonable look and good ancestry

4. The Function of Human Being
 Every human being is characterized with a Function
 Ergon of human being= Rational Activity
 Good human being: excels in this characteristic
activity
 Human beings flourish when the rational virtues are
being activated

5. Virtue
• Virtue that can not be learned
• Virtue that only can be achieved
by both Nature and Nurture
• Virtue that can be learned
• Virtue that can be developed
through knowledge

6. The Golden Mean
 A virtue lies between two vices
 Virtue= Middle of two extreme action
 Common Misinterpretation: Counsel of Moderation
 A good thing (For example “Honesty”) is always
good
 A bad thing (For example, “Stealing”) is always bad