Q For Week 3, please read the section on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics from pp. 172-182. If you do not have the textbook, you can use the PDF of this selection that I posted online. You can focus more on the selections from the first book (pages 172-176) and work through your own critical assessment and personal reflections on happiness. Questions for consideration: • Aristotle aims to identify “the chief good” in his effort to establish a system of ethics. 1. What is Aristotle’s definition of “the chief good” – and how does he arrive at the conclusion? 2. What do you think about his definition? 1. Is there anything you like or dislike about it? 2. Is there anything we can use from it, which might need to be adjusted? • How do YOU understand what happiness is ? Outside of Aristotle, share your own thoughts on happiness. 1. What are some necessary features of happiness ? 2. What is a sufficient condition for happiness ? 3. How does the temporality of happiness work ? 4. How important is happiness to you? • How does Aristotle discuss happiness? • Why is habit important for Aristotle? What do you think about habit as an important feature of human behavior and activity? • What do you think of Aristotle’s claim that we are necessarily social animals ? Does that make sense to you? Why or why not ?

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