The document discusses Aristotle's philosophy on the good life, emphasizing that it involves living in accordance with virtue and achieving happiness through the cultivation of moral and intellectual virtues. It highlights the significance of eudaimonia, which refers to a flourishing life filled with meaningful endeavors, and the role of reason in guiding virtuous actions. Additionally, it explores the interplay between science, technology, and the pursuit of a good life, stressing that personal thoughts, choices, and actions significantly influence one's perception of life's goodness.

1. The Good Life
Lesson
6

2. Aristotle
Ancient Greek
philosopher known for
his natural philosophy
logic and political theory

3. one of the greatest thinkers in the history of western science and philosophy,
making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology,
botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre.
first to classify areas of human knowledge into distinct disciplines such as
mathematics, biology, and ethics.
founder of the Lyceum, the first scientific institute, based inAthens, Greece.
one of the strongest advocates of a liberal arts education, which stresses the
education of the whole person, including one's moral character, rather than
merely learning a set of skills.
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4. 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.

5. What is meant by good
life?
living in comfort and luxury with few problems or
worries.
characterized by happiness from living and doing well
content

6. What is eudimonia?
came from the Greek word EU meaning
“good” and Daimon meaning “spirit”.
refers to the good life marked by happiness and excellence.
flourishing life filled with meaningful endeavors that empower the
human person to be the best version of himself/herself.

7. Aristotle’s view of good
life
the activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.
• believed that good for humans is the maximum realization of
what was unique to humans.
• the good for humans was to reason well.
• The task of reason was to teach humans how to act virtuously,
and the exercise faculties in accordance with virtue.

8. behavior showing high moral standards. "paragons of virtue"
synonyms: goodness, virtuousness, righteousness, morality, ethicalness,
uprightness, upstandingness, integrity, dignity, rectitude, honesty,
honorableness, honorability, honor, incorruptibility, probity, propriety, decency,
respectability, nobility, nobility of soul/spirit, nobleness, worthiness, worth,
good, trustworthiness, meritoriousness, irreproachableness, blamelessness,
purity, pureness, lack of corruption, merit; principles, high principles, ethics
"the simple virtue and integrity of peasant life"
Virtue/s

9. behavior showing high moral standards. "paragons of virtue"
synonyms: goodness, virtuousness, righteousness, morality, ethicalness,
uprightness, upstandingness, integrity, dignity, rectitude, honesty,
honorableness, honorability, honor, incorruptibility, probity, propriety, decency,
respectability, nobility, nobility of soul/spirit, nobleness, worthiness, worth,
good, trustworthiness, meritoriousness, irreproachableness, blamelessness,
purity, pureness, lack of corruption, merit; principles, high principles, ethics
"the simple virtue and integrity of peasant life"
Virtue/s

10. Nicomachean Ethics 2:1
Virtue, then, being of twokinds, intellectual and moral, intellectual
virtue in themainowesitsbirth and growth in teaching( for its reason
itrequires experience and time). While moral virtue
comesaboutasaresultof habit

11. Intellectual virtue
theoretical wisdom (thinking and
truth)
practical wisdom understanding.
Experience and time are
necessary requirements for the
development of intellectual virtue
The Virtues :
Moral virtue
controlled by practical wisdom
(ability to make right judgment)
owed its development to how one
nurtured it as habit.
can be learned

12. "Happiness depends on ourselves.“
central purpose of human life and a goal in itself.
depends on the cultivation of virtue.
a genuinely happy life required the fulfillment of a broad range of conditions,
including physical as well as mental well-being.
Happiness to
Aristotle

13. Happiness is a final end or goal that encompasses the totality of one's life.
It is not something that can be gained or lost in a few hours, like pleasurable
sensations.
It is more like the ultimate value of your life as lived up to this moment,
measuring how well you have lived up to your full potential as a human being.
Happiness as the Ultimate Purpose of
Human Existence

14. S&T is also the movement towards good life. S&T are one of the highest
expressions of human faculties.
S&T allow us to thrive and flourish if we desire it.
S&T may corrupt a person
S&T with virtue can helpan individual to be out of danger.
Science and Technology and Good Life

15. Why is it that everyone is
in the pursuit of the good
life?

16. “Life is good! It is only our thoughts, choices and actions
towards the situations we meet in life each moment of time
that makes life look bad! The same bad situation in life that
makes one person think badly inspires another to do a noble
thing! The same good situation in life that makes one person
feel so good to get into a bad situation inspires another person
to create another good situation because of the good situation.
It is all about thoughts, choices and actions!
Life is good! Live it well!”
— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

17. One must find the truth about what
the good is before one can even try
to locate that which is good.

18. If you want good things to happen in your
life you have to believe good things are
possible for yourself. Quit allowing
negative and cynical thinking to get in
the way of THE GOOD LIFE YOU DESERVE.
- Bryant Mcgill

19. 1.In your own opinion, what constitutes a good life?
2.What does Aristotle say about the good life? Does it still
stand in the contemporary world?
3.How is the progress in science and technology a
movement towards the good life?
Questions for Reflection

20. In your own opinion, what constitutes a good life?
What does Aristotle say about the good life? Does it still
stand in the contemporary world?
How is the progress in science and technology a movement
towards the good life?
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