Critically Examine Aristotle's Understanding of the Good and its Relationship to Human Function

In Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle introduces several ideas about ethics, a key one being that ethics is teleological (goal-directed). According to Aristotle, everything has a purpose, or end, and this includes humans. Aristotle argues that this purpose or function is directly related to living a fulfilled life, depending on how well it is exercised, and this in turn is linked to what is "good". Since human beings have parts that all have functions and humans are …

…main question here I think is whether this should be the chief end of human life and whether it is actually moral or not. The answers against Moore's argument seem acceptable, but by no means certain, meaning Aristotle's argument for the relation of "good" to human function could be mistaken. Bibliography: Gerard J. Hughes, Aristotle on Ethics (London: Routledge, 2001) Wikipedia, Nichomachean Ethics <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomachean_ethics> accessed March 2006