Aristotle: Happiness and Virtue

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What I expect to learn:

                To know what are the examples of happiness and virtue.

                To know what is the significance of happiness and virtue especially in business.

                To know what are the difference of the two.

Quote:

“For men are good in but in one way, but bad in many.”

Review:

                We all know that Aristotle is one of the most important persons and biggest names not only on the field of philosophy but also on the field of science, logic and many more. People know about Aristotle about his contributions in philosophy. When we are studying philosophy, one of the longest topics is about Aristotle. In this particular reading, talks about one of his major contributions the happiness and virtue. So do you mean by happiness? By virtue?  In my reaction and in the reading we can figure out how they differ. Happiness, based on the text, is comes on our soul. Meaning, we are related we are one of the significances of happiness. Supposing an entrepreneur, initially he did startups, making investments, looking for his venture capitalists , etc. Then as he achieved his dreams he became happy and satisfied. That’s the thing why people are involved in happiness. Next on the list is the virtue?  Basically, first thing comes in my mind is “do it first before you enjoy”. Based on my understandings, we are feeling the sense of virtue when we attain happiness. It means that, you must push through yourself for a certain thing before you achieve something big. For example, in IT-ETHICS class, before you can get a 4.0 grade, you must be a hardworking student and active in all deliverables. Then you reached your goal and you are happy. And there is the sense of joyful, achievement and satisfaction.

What I’ve learned:

I’ve learned to formulate examples of happiness and virtue

I’ve learned the perspective of Aristotle.

I’ve learned the difference between the two.

Integrative questions:

For Aristotle, what is the meaning of happiness and virtue?

What are the qualifications to attain achievements?