Nicomachean Ethics | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Virtues of Character - These are means between two extremes; one of excess and the other of deficiency.

Friendship - This relationship is one in which a person adopts the good of another as though it were his own.

Justice - This deals exclusively with giving each man what is due to him.

Prudence - This employs the use of right reason and understanding to determine the appropriate course of action.

Pleasure - This is found by some to be the ultimate good, but by Aristotle, a qualified good.

State - This is...
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