Aristotle tries to prove that there is some ONE goal that we all ultimately seek.
Aristotle tries to prove that there is some ONE goal that we all ultimately seek.
Aristotle's view requires that there be such a goal. Otherwise we have a relativism. My ultimate goal might be world communism, and yours might be world capitalism; and Aristotle says that we can't reason about ultimate goals.
Aristotle SEEMS to argue fallaciously: "Every action aims at some goal; therefore, there is some (ONE) goal that all actions aim at." But some scholars think that he wasn't really arguing this way.
Aristotle tries to prove that there is some ONE goal that we all ultimately seek.
Aristotle's view requires that there be such a goal. Otherwise we have a relativism. My ultimate goal might be world communism, and yours might be world capitalism; and Aristotle says that we can't reason about ultimate goals.
Aristotle SEEMS to argue fallaciously: "Every action aims at some goal; therefore, there is some (ONE) goal that all actions aim at." But some scholars think that he wasn't really arguing this way.