What Is Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: To Do Or Not To Do

To Do or Not To Do In the reading, Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explains his idea that every art, action, and inquiry is used to aim at some good and that becomes the reason that good has been declared to be what all actions are aimed at. Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher and scientist. In 338 B.C., he started tutoring different pupils such as King Phillip the Third’s son and Alexander the Great, and later he started his own school. Aristotle’s philosophical studies focused mostly on the systematic concept of logic where he conjured up a system of reasoning (Biography par. 14). Aristotle also touched on ethics where he discussed moral code which in fact was in the book he wrote, Nicomachean Ethics. In the book, Aristotle alludes his idea that living good to some degree defied some of the strict laws of logic because the world sometimes can create different situations and

These different types of prominent lives show that people with higher and superior standards identify happiness with different types of honor. Aristotle states that “it seems to be superficial what we are looking for”, reason being, men sometimes pursue honor solely to assure their goodness, whereas some men pursue honor because virtue is important to them (Aristotle 146). Aristotle reiterates that the goodness people seek can differ in different actions and arts. For instance, Aristotle states that the goodness someone can seek is different in medicine and strategy; “in medicine this is health, in strategy victory” (Aristotle 147). Those statements go back to what people constitute for happiness and how people may use higher ends to achieve the supreme good. Aristotle concludes his thought on that subject by stating “if there is an end for all that we do, this will be achievable by action”, meaning everything someone does is used to accomplish good (Aristotle