October 7
Wednesday, October 7, 2026Breakout
Happiness as Eudaimonia
In this breakout session we'll review all the discussion questions assigned for this week and spend more time digging into Aristotle's understanding of happiness as eudaimonia.
Goals
Goals
- Consider further Aristotle’s denial that happiness as eudaimonia consists in a life of pleasure, a life of politics/honor, and a life of wealth
- Discuss the virtue-based approach to ethical theory in Aristotle and its place in the history of philosophy
Before Class
- Be familiar with the material discussed in Lecture 1.1 and Lecture 1.2 in Perusall
- Be familiar with the reading from chapters 1–7 of Book I of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics in Perusall
- Come prepared to section to talk about the assigned questions for discussion this week, along with the assigned passages from Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics.
- Bring any other questions/passages you’d like to discuss as well!
After Class
Further Resources
Further Resources
- “Virtue Ethics” – entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Rosalind Hursthouse)