Abstract
This episode is part one of four of the lecture series [HTA 6] on Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics," excerpts from Books I, II, and VIII.
Guiding Questions
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How does eudaimonia mean happiness but not hedonistic/egoistic pleasure?
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How does “the mean” of virtue allow just action to depend on history/context?
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What are the three types of friendship, and which type is most ethical/just?
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What are the roles of habit and practice in the formation of enacted virtue?
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Why must reason be enacted, and how does this enacted reason relate to a diversity of pleasures unique to each activity, pleasant in the doing itself?