Essays about: "Nicomachean Ethics"

Found 3 essays containing the words Nicomachean Ethics.

1. 1. Aristotle and Romantic Love : A Study of Romantic Love and If It Can Be Part of Aristotle's Eudaimonia

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Anna-Maria Inzsöl; [2023]
   Keywords : Aristotle; Love; Eudaimonia; Virtue; Virtue Ethics;

   Abstract : This essay will research aspects of romantic love, as well as aspects of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. The purpose of the essay is to discuss if romantic love can be part of virtue ethics and eudaimonia. The philosopher Raja Halwani presents two concepts of romantic love that are relevant to the discussion. READ MORE

3. 2. Social Media and the Virtues : Could social media be an obstacle to an individual’s ultimate happiness?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Emma Rosén; [2019]
   Keywords : Aristotle; Social Media; Happiness; Eudaimonia; Wellbeing; Ethics; Nicomachean Ethics; Virtues; Virtue Ethics; Aristoteles; Sociala Media; Lycka; Välmående; Etik; Dygdetik;

   Abstract : The work is a theory application thesis specifically applying Aristotle’s virtue ethicsto evaluate and discuss the potential implications that social media pose on the individual’s potential to achieve happiness as it is understood through the virtue ethics. It includes a close discussion of the virtues temperance and friendship, as well as empirical studies on the subjectand critical discussion incorporating the Aristotelian theory. READ MORE

4. 3. "Perfect friendship is the friendship between men who are good and alike in virtue" : Aristotle's view on the friendship between George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

   University essay from Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Jacob Ryding; [2012]
   Keywords : Steinbeck; Of Mice and Men; Interpersonal Relationships; Friendship; Aristotle;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this essay is to analyze the relationship between the two main characters George and Lennie in John Steinbecks novella Of Mice and Men (1937) and determine what kind of relationship they share, how their relationship is built and whether they are genuine friends or not. The definition of friendship which will mainly be employed and used is the one defined and created by Aristotle and published in his work Nicomachean Ethics. READ MORE