The Nicomachean Ethics

Whatisthegoodlife?Howcanweattaintruehappiness?Howarewetounderstandtheconceptsofgood，bad，right，wrong，virtue，andviceastheyintermingleandpervadethehumanactionsthatmakeupsociety?Inoneoftheearliestandmostcomprehensiveattemptstoofferasystematictreatmentofethicsandtheprinciplesuponwhichitrests，theGreekphilosopherAristotleseekstogivesubstanceandmeaningtohumanactionandtothemannerinwhichwejudgeourownbehaviorandthatofothers.HereAristotlenotonlyoffersadiscussionofmoralitythatlaterculminatedinafull-blownanalysisofpoliticallife，buthealsosetsforthprinciplesandadvicethatservedasthetouchstoneformanysubsequentmoralphilosophies.