Nicomachean Ethics | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Book I

1. At what does every action seem to aim, according to Aristotle?

Some good.

2. In the opinion of Aristotle, what is the governing and most masterful art under which all others fall, according to I.2?

Politics.

3. Aristotle states that the good of one person is also, to a different degree, the good of what according to I.2?

The city.

4. With which of the following is politics imminently concerned, as described by Aristotle in I.3?

The nature of justice.

5. About what good and aim of politics do people commonly dispute, according to Aristotle?

Happiness.

6. In addition to the life of pleasure and the life of politics, what is the third sort of life that Aristotle mentions?

The contemplative life.

7. Aristotle states in I.6 that it is nobler to give the higher honor to which of the following?

The truth.

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