Summary of David Ross & Lesley Brown's The Nicomachean Ethics

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The popular views that the good is pleasure, honour, wealth; and a fourth kind of life, that of contemplation, are discussed. The definition of the good is reached by considering the characteristic function of human beings. The definition is confirmed by current beliefs about happiness. #2 The popular views that the good is pleasure, honour, wealth, and a fourth type of life, that of contemplation, are discussed. The definition of the good is reached by considering the characteristic function of human beings. The definition is confirmed by current beliefs about happiness.