Nicomachean Ethics Note: This OD is based on the Aristotle reading (Nicomachean Ethics, Book1 & Book 2) from your Cahn text (pp. 275-290). Based on Book 1 of the Nicomachean Ethics, what does Aristotle mean by good? What does Aristotle say is the chief good (best or highest good)? Why can’t this chief good consist […]
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Explain Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean from the Nicomachean Ethics with supporting examples from the text. Make sure to cover at least two specific virtues and their supporting justifications.
The Greeks Answer the following 2 questions with a few sentences or at most several paragraphs. There is no need to construct a formal essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Answer each question directly as it is posed to you on the test. 1 Explain three ways the life experiences of Plato may have […]
If you had the chance to be permanently hooked up to the experience machine, would you do it? Explain your choice.
The Experience Machine – Aristotle’s (1931) Nicomachean Ethics. Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Super duper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an interesting book. All the time you […]
