Essays on Nicomachean Ethics

It is impossible to get a universal definition of happiness and what it is, an emotion, a chemical, a feeling. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries describes it as “the state of feeling or showing pleasure” or “the state of being satisfied that something is good or right” but yet this is still a vague answer, to the...

As stated by Aristotle in book eight of Nicomachean Ethics, friendship is necessary and virtuous, and this is clearly present within the covenants within The Bible. It is said that all people need friends for one thing or another. Aristotle discusses three types of friendships: those which get utility out of it, those who get...

Desire is a want or something people believe they need, it can cloud their judgment and make them think that their only true happiness will come from their desire. Instead of happiness, eudaimonia is a better word to describe the ultimate desire as happiness is a blanket term that cannot fully describe how people feel....