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The Good Life

Objectives
• Explain the concept of good life as posited by
Aristotle.
• Define the good life in their own words.
• Examine the shared concerns that make up the good
life to come up with innovative and creative solutions
to contemporary issues guided by standards.
What is Good Life?
Definition of Terms

• The “Good” – something that everyone is


moving towards with.
• The “Good life” – characterized as
happiness that springs from living and
doing well on one’s self and the
community.
• Eudaimonia – “eu” means “good”,
“daimon” means “spirit”
Generally means “Good life”
• Happiness – The ultimate end for human
action, it is what people pursue for its
own sake.
(Vocabulary.com)
• Virtue – Quality of being morally
excellence
• Intellectual Virtue - Learned from
teaching.
• Moral Virtue – Acquired by developing
the habit of exercising them.
Nicomachean and Modern
Concepts

• Nicomachean Ethics is a philosophical inquiry


into the nature of the good life for a human
being.
• The purpose of every human action is to achieve
something which is good.
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Aristotle
• Greek Philosopher
• 383 – 322 BC
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Aristotle stated
• 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.
(Nichomachean Ethics 2:2)
The meaning of good
according to Aristotle
…
The Good and its examples:

• Completing one’s studies


• Training for a sport
• Taking a rest
• Eating and etc.
The meaning of good life
according to Aristotle …
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Aristotle stated
• … both the many and the cultivated call it happiness, and
suppose that living well and doing well are the same as
being happy (Nichomachean Ethics 1:4)
• Eudaimonia
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Eudaimonia
• eu – good
• daimon - spirit
• happiness and excellence
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Eudaimonia
• empower human person to be the best version of herself/himself
• as a student
• athlete
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Happiness
• the ultimate end of human action
• people pursue for their own good
• financially stable, power in achieved from winning
elections, and peace in the environment
Happiness defines good
life …
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Happiness
• Living with a virtue, life of excellence
• Avoid sugary and • well-being and
processed food happiness

• Taking care of the • well-being and


environment happiness
• Eating sugary and • unhealthy and
processed food unhappiness

• Lack of concern to • unhealthy and


the environment unhappiness
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Virtue
• Significant role in living and attaining good life
• Excellence of character that empowers one to do and be
good
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Virtue
• Constant practice of the good no matter how difficult the
circumstances may be
• Cultivated with habit and discipline with a constant and
consistent series of actions
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS AND
MODERN CONCEPTS
Vice of “mean” Vice of
Activities
deficiency virtues excess
Bravery/ Reckless/
Control fear Cowardness
Courage rashness

Give money Stingy/Cheap Generous Spend thrifty


Everyone has the capacity
within himself/herself to be
good, but he/she also has to be
disciplined to make a habit of
exercising the good ….
EXCELLENCE

HAPPINESS VIRTUE
Nichomachean Ethics and Modern
Concepts
• Progress of science and technology leads to good life.
• Science and technology may also corrupt a person, but
grounding oneself in virtue will help him/her steer
clear of danger.

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