Aristotle | Nicomachean Ethics | Book 1 | Philosophers Explained | Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour. In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses Book 1 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. Timestamps: 00:50 The text 01:39 All action aims at some good 05:42 Is there some good all our actions aim at? The chief good 08:15 The role of ethics in politics 10:16 Precision and clarity in ethics 13:11 The role of experience in ethical judgment 15:38 What is the greatest good? 17:50 What is happiness? 19:38 Pleasure 22:06 Honor, or the political life 28:02 What about wealth? 28:47 What has Plato to say? The Forms 35:48 The greatest good is something final 38:52 Happiness 39:42 The greatest good is something self-sufficient 40:43 Happiness is something final and self-sufficient 41:18 Happiness and the function of man 44:40 What is the function of man? 46:19 An active life of a rational being 47:51 Human good turns out to be activity of the soul in accordance with virtue(Happiness defined) 51:49 A complete life Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland. Other links: Explaining Postmodernism audiobook:    • Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen Hicks:...   Nietzsche and the Nazis audiobook:    • Nietzsche and the Nazis by Stephen R. C. H...   Playlists: Education Theory:    • Education Theory   Entrepreneurship and Values:    • Playlist   Nietzsche:    • Nietzsche