Aristotle

Aristotle believes that eudemonia is the final goal in life. He notes that pleasure is related to happiness, but it is not the highest good. He feels that pleasure is good if it is for the right reason, and not done in excess. For example excellent activity is inherently pleasurable to the virtuous person. Happiness is the central idea, and bodily and rational pleasures are a detail needed to be happy. I will outline the …

…ings, but we all attempt to be happy. One does not want to die knowing that they did not lead a good life. Happiness is the highest good. How could pleasure be? Would one want to die unaccomplished, and uneducated, but have experienced pleasures of the body? Pleasures according to reason are not bad, but they are not the portrait of happiness. They are just part of the puzzle to this big picture of happiness.