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Aristotle argues that happiness, function and morality are closely connected and that virtue is dependent upon all of them. ... Happiness, function, morality and virtue can exist independent of one another.
The first deliberation is to define happiness. Happiness is the highest of all practical goods identified with “ living well of doing well”(100). ... A difference between the actual end and the desired outcome is what makes happiness different for each individual. All ends do not lead to happiness. ... The fact that not all human beings share the same ends proves that happiness is found at different ends. Aristotle illustrates happiness as being the “chief good”. In the following quote he explains that rational human beings take happiness for itself and never for any other reasons:
Since there are evidently more than one end, and we choose some of these…for the sake of something else, clearly not all ends are final ends; but the chief good is evidently something final. ...
By this definition, happiness must be only the final end, which is the “chief good” (103). This means that happiness is the pursuit of all that which is desired, and the desire is to reach the final end.
Approximate Word count = 912
Approximate Pages = 3.6
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