Youre about to go for a severalthousandyearold rideand aristotle aint going to make it easy for you. In this video, professor thorsby discusses the first three books of aristotles nicomachean ethics. Key ideas covered include his discussion of happiness, virtue, bravery, and temperance. This book should not only help us understand aristotle better, but should also have salutary impact on contemporary systematic moral philosophy. Philosophy revision on aristotle s nicomachean ethics, book one learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Nicomachean ethics study guide contains a biography of aristotle, literature essays, a complete etext, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Our investigation shall follow the same course as the preceding discussions. A summary of book v in aristotle s nicomachean ethics. Because involuntary actions are those over which man has no control at all they do not belong in the field of ethics and man has no moral responsibility with reference to them. We see that all men mean by justice that kind of state of character which makes people disposed to do what is just and. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of nicomachean ethics and what it means. Where there are ends apart from the actions, it is the nature of the. This book centers the discussion on the topic of friendship.
The internet classics archive nicomachean ethics by. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. In this video, professor thorsby discusses aristotles nicomachean ethi cs book viii. Nicomachean ethics book three summary and analysis. Julius moravcsik, stanford university this book will be an excellent introduction to aristotle s ethics.