Aristotle is a naturalist (a person who defines ethical terms using non-ethical and non-religious terms), since he defines "good" through "desired." So he would deduce "X is good" from "X is desired."
Aristotle is a naturalist (a person who defines ethical terms using non-ethical and non-religious terms), since he defines "good" through "desired." So he would deduce "X is good" from "X is desired."
He seems to speak this way. He defines "good" as "that at which all things aim" -- and seems to use "goal" and "good" interchangeably.
But elsewhere he says that people can have BAD GOALS -- and that what we aim at may be an apparent good but not a real good. And he says that we know the good by "perception" or "intuition." Both suggest that he doesn't see good as definable in terms of actual desire.
Aristotle is a naturalist (a person who defines ethical terms using non-ethical and non-religious terms), since he defines "good" through "desired." So he would deduce "X is good" from "X is desired."
He seems to speak this way. He defines "good" as "that at which all things aim" -- and seems to use "goal" and "good" interchangeably.
But elsewhere he says that people can have BAD GOALS -- and that what we aim at may be an apparent good but not a real good. And he says that we know the good by "perception" or "intuition." Both suggest that he doesn't see good as definable in terms of actual desire.