Discuss Book 1-3 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. How is it different that utilitarnism and denotological ethics?

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Introduction

The goal of every activity conducted by humans aims that at some end we contemplate being good.

Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics is concerned with the concept of virtue and happiness (Campi, & McLelland, 2015). According to Aristotle, our highest goal is happiness. Though, this does not mean that we should seek out happiness, but rather that we do seek out for happiness. Aristotle objectives in Ethics is not to inform us that we are supposed to live happy, successful lives but to teach has what life consist of. We often consider happiness as physical pleasure or honor because we have an imperfect perception of the good life.

Aristotle Ethics is part of virtue ethics that put more emphasis on the role that a persons character and

virtue in the moral viewpoint instead of acting to convey good outcomes or doing ones duty (Campi, & McLelland, 2015). Aristotle declared that an individual that is virtuous has ideal character traits. These traits emanate from the natural internal tendencies that need to be nurtured. However, once these traits are established, they become stable and much more permanent in a persons life.

According to Nicomachean ethics, virtue is a purposive nature that lies in a mean and being

established by the right reason. That is, virtue exists as a mean state between the extremes of both deficiency and excess (Bebeau, 2016). Nicomachean Ethics posit that virtue lies in the mean since the right reaction to each state is not too much or too little.  For instance, the virtuous mean of being courageous stands between the vices of cowardice and rashness which is a representation of deficiency and excess respectively. Virtue is the suitable for different agents and situations. A person who is virtuous go for virtuous actions consciously and its own sake. It is not virtuous to act kindly by coincidence or since everybody is kind but because you are aware that this is the right manner to behave. On the same note, virtues are often related to feelings, for instance, modestly is associated with the feeling of shame while courage is attributed to fear.