Aristotle’s goal in Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, is to argue that since there cannot be an infinite number, “of merely extrinsic goods, there must be a highest good,” to which all human activity ultimately aims (Aristotle 1). Every human activity aims at some end, whether it is an activity or ...

Just Acts vs. Acting Justly: Aristotle distinguishes the concept of performing a just act from the concept of acting justly. Primarily, that distinction relates to the underlying motivation or purpose of performing the just acts. Just acts, such as those with beneficial consequences to...