Aristotle and Virtue Ethics

This week you must base your writing assignment on the following reading: Aristotle, “Nicomachean Ethics.” This reading is located in your Living Ethics anthology.

Do not include the questions/prompts from below in your response. The reader should be able to deduce the structure of your assignment just by reading your words.

The instructions for this assignment are as follows:

Based on your reading, you must answer the following:

In no longer than 1/2 page double-spaced total (150-200 words), you should

(1) summarize in your own words a single idea/argument from the assigned reading (quote the claim directly, and then explain it),

(2) explain in a sentence or two why it is philosophically important, and

(3) motivate a question or concern about it that you think your classmates could take up or respond to.