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STS Chapter 6 Good Life

The document discusses Aristotle's view of the good life from his work Nicomachean Ethics. It states that all human activities aim at some good, and happiness is defined as living well and doing well through a life of virtue. True happiness comes from living virtuously, not from sensual pleasures alone. The different kinds of virtues are discussed as well as how science and technology can help or hinder the good life depending on whether one's character is grounded in virtue.

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STS Chapter 6 Good Life

The document discusses Aristotle's view of the good life from his work Nicomachean Ethics. It states that all human activities aim at some good, and happiness is defined as living well and doing well through a life of virtue. True happiness comes from living virtuously, not from sensual pleasures alone. The different kinds of virtues are discussed as well as how science and technology can help or hinder the good life depending on whether one's character is grounded in virtue.

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The Good Life

Nicomachean Ethics- Aristotle

“All human activities aim at some good.


Every art and human inquiry, 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.”
(Nicomachean
Ethics 2:2)
“…both the many and the cultivated call it
happiness, and suppose that living well and
doing well are the same as being happy”

(Nicomachean
Ethics 1:4)
Eudaimonia

• Living well and doing well


• Greek Word: Eu-good; daimon-spirit
• Good life
• Happiness and excellence
Happiness

• Ultimate end of human action


• Defines good life
• Does not come from sensate pleasures
• That which comes from living a life of
virtue
Virtue

• Honor, pleasure, reason


• Virtues activities
• E.g., making sure that one avoids sugary
and processed foods to keep healthy is and
activity that expresses virtue
Activities contrary to virtue

• Lack of discipline in eating healthful food


eventually makes one sick
• Lack of concern for the environment
destroys the Earth that we live in
• Does not contribute to happiness
Kinds of virtue

• Intellectual- owes its growth to


teaching(experience and time)
• Moral- -result of habit
Science and Technology
• Movement towards the good life
• One of the highest expressions of human faculties
• Allow us to thrive and flourish in life we so desire
• May corrupt a person
• Grounding one self in virtue help clear out of danger

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