Aristotle Research Paper

Considering my uncle’s case, people may believe that for a businessman the final end would be to run the business well. Even if my uncle loves his work, works hard, the happiness he gets out is in no way his only reason for doing what he does. His hard work creates wealth, which others may see as the final end that may create happiness; however as per the Aristotle’s view, wealth in itself cannot be the final end, since wealth itself does nothing unless this wealth is used in a certain way to bring about this feeling of happiness. My uncle works hard, does business parties, and chooses to use his wealth to make his children have a better life by buy buying a big house and expensive cars. These virtuous acts could be assumed as supporting actions which lead to a state of happiness. Creating a better life for his children by buying a house and cars would be useless if his

Intellectual virtue is the category of activities that brings happiness using self-intelligence. Happiness can be achieved by doing activities in the best possible way. My uncle is very good at photography from childhood, but in his busy life, he is not getting enough time for photography which he loves a lot. Moral virtue is also an integrated part of human excellence in Aristotle’s view. Moral excellence represents good ethics and character. Human behavior should be durable or consistence regarding happiness. My uncle tries his best to be a good person in most of the situation; however, in certain circumstances like stressful working day he behaves badly with others. He has given layoffs to his employees during recession time which he might think as an ethical decision; however his family and friends might take it negatively. If such decisions are taken negatively by others, it impacts the overall character and image of my uncle and in turns his