The Pleasure Thesis in the Eudemian Ethics

IF 0.7 1区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.1353/hph.2022.0051
Giulia Bonasio
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abstract:This paper argues that in the Eudemian Ethics (EE), Aristotle aims to prove the Pleasure Thesis (PT). According to the Pleasure Thesis, happiness is the most pleasant thing of all. Through a reconstruction of the argument in favor of PT, this paper shows that happiness is most pleasant for three reasons: (1) it is pleasant by definition; (2) it is constituted by the most pleasant activities (virtuous actions and contemplation); (3) it is pleasant by nature. A reconstruction of the argument in favor of PT is philosophically interesting not only in order to better understand the argument in the EE—and in particular the debated status and role of NE VII/EE VI.11–14—but also insofar as it sheds light on the relation between the pleasant and the good.
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欧伦理学中的快乐命题
本文认为,亚里士多德在《真德伦理学》(EE)中旨在证明快乐命题(PT)。根据快乐理论,快乐是所有事物中最令人愉快的。通过对支持PT理论的论证进行重构,本文表明幸福之所以是最令人愉快的,有三个原因:(1)从定义上讲,幸福是令人愉快的;(2)它是由最令人愉快的活动(善行和沉思)构成的;它本质上是令人愉快的。从哲学上讲,重建支持PT的论点是很有趣的,这不仅是为了更好地理解EE中的论点,特别是NE VII/EE vi .11 - 14的争论地位和作用,而且还因为它揭示了愉快与良好之间的关系。
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