By this account the goodness of an upright citizen is relative to the city of which he is a citizen, whereas the goodness of a good man is absolute Aristotle holds that the goodness of a good man and the goodness of an upright citizen are identical in one case only, that of a full citizen of his ideal city

According to Aristotle, human beings have a natural desire and capacity to know and understand the truth, to pursue moral excellence, and to instantiate their ideals in the world through actio

Friendship For Aristotle, friendship is one of the most important virtues in achieving the goal of eudaimonia (happiness) Aristotle first recognizes that happiness is the ultimate good, since all other goods are intermediate while happiness is final

Aristotle argues that the supreme good for man is happiness His rationalization is that the supreme good will also be the highest end, the end we pursue only for its own sake

The good man and the good citizen are not one and the same It is not, though, vital for the good citizen to be a good man This distinction is important to make, because it helps one understand that the qualities a good man possesses far supersede those of a good citizen

What is the difference, according to Aristotle, between performing virtuous actions and being a virtuous person? Aristotle says that virtue is a “mean” between extremes For instance, the virtue of courage consists of the disposition to feel neither too much nor too little fear, but rather some amount in between

More explicitly, an action counts as virtuous, according to Aristotle, when one holds oneself in a stable equilibrium of the soul, in order to choose the action knowingly and for its own sake This stable equilibrium of the soul is what constitutes character

Being virtuous requires three things: 1) that a person knows what he is doing, b) that he intends to do what is he is doing and that he intends it for its own sake, and c) that he acts with certainty and firmnes

Virtues are the character traits that your society approves of, whereas vices are the traits it disapproves of How do you acquire a virtue, according to Aristotle?

41 Techno-epistemology: According to Aristotle, technology is an arrangement of technics to make possible and serve the attainment of human ends Techne as productive cognition is the capacity to make involving reasoning Then, technological knowledge is different from both, everyday and scientific knowledge