num_pages: 468
description: Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" is perhaps one of the most influential treatise on moral philosophy. It is a central text in Greek ethics, a primary source of medieval ethics, and a stimulus to thought about morality. Questions discussed human happiness and welfare; the nature of a good person; the psychology of action and character; the virtues of character and intellect; praise, blame, and moral resposibility; practical reason; weakness of will; self-interest and the interests of others; the role of friendship in the good life; and the relation between pleasure and goodness.
language: English
title: Nicomachean Ethics
titlecomplete: Nicomachean Ethics
genres: Classics, History, Politics, Philosophy, Ancient, Greece, Ancient History, Nonfiction, College, School
ratings_count: 46762
publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc