Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is a compilation of books, or scrolls, designed to be an all-encompassing work on ethical goals, and how they may be achieved. In the work, Aristotle lays out a position uncommon in ethics, which doesn’t directly take into account the moral standing or concern of others, but places emphasis on one’s own happiness, a position akin to egoism. This position is defended by Aristotle in his stating that happiness is the primary goal in life in the same way that victory is the end goal in strategy and healthfulness is the goal of practicing medicine.
But what is happiness, and how might one achieve it? The answer to these questions, Aristotle intentionally leaves vague and broadly answered, as in his view, one ought