Aristotle: Nicomach Ethics

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This course is a close reading of the entirety of Aristotle?s Nicomachean Ethics. Topics to be considered include: the nature of happiness (eudaimonia), intellectual virtue (e.g., practical wisdom, understanding), virtues of character (e.g., justice, courage), responsibility, moral luck, friendship, the contemplative life, and pleasure. More broadly, the course considers whether ethics can be a practical science and whether virtue is an appropriate standard for measuring the goodness of human life and action. It is strongly recommended that any students enrolling in this class have completed at least two Philosophy courses before it begins.