Aristotle’s Ethics Books I & II

1. Explain the process by which human being achieve virtue.
   (Make sure to discuss these words and their connections to one another in relation to this process)
   a. habit
   b. decision/deliberation
   c. Character (ethos)
   d. Virtue (arete)
   e. Happiness (eudaimonia)

Reading: Aristotle’s Ethics Books 8-10

Essay Question: (1 page)

1. Identify and explain Aristotle’s conception of friendship in general and its three types in particular.
2. What is your opinion of them?
3. What is the relationship bewtween “philia”, virtue & happiness?