Aristotle disagrees with his teacher Plato in numerous ways, one of which is based on the concept of "good". While Socrates and Plato both believe in a higher form of the “good,” Aristotle believes that the Good is what all things aim for. However, some goals are only instrumentally good, such as money, so the Ultimate Good must be something that is good in and of itself. But what is the means to achieve this Good? what allows us to pursue the Supreme Good? It seems to Aristotle that science is the answer. Science charges the rationality of human beings in order to perpetuate actions that will lead us to happiness and further expands this concept to say that political science must be the highest science that can be devised. Political science is the science of running a state and furthermore this is the means by which we dictate everything else; therefore it is the highest science because it pursues the highest goals in everything we do. This science is that which determines all other subordinate ends and therefore is made to be the highest means to achieve the highest end. Statesmen and political figures work to achieve a good life for all and therefore represent the good of all humanity. But what then is the Supreme Good towards which political science tends today? In Aristotelian terms, happiness is the best good that presents itself as an all-encompassing end, or objective. We pursue political science to achieve this goal. Following this logic; we say that there is a higher goal that we all aim for, this goal is that of the highest science. The highest science is political science and seeks the happiness of all others; therefore happiness is the supreme good we aim for. However, happiness is subjective, so Aristotle places our va...... at the center of the card ......… This act must then be regretted to constitute involuntary. For example, if a person mistakenly kills his father thinking he is an enemy and regrets the act after discovering the truth, he has committed an unintentional act. However, if this same action is performed unconsciously and without displeasure, then it is not involuntary, but not voluntary. For an action to be moral and virtuous it must be voluntary. The agent who performs an act involuntarily does not necessarily possess the virtue required for the act. For example, if someone accidentally interferes with a murder and subsequently saves an innocent life, that does not make him or her morally responsible for the act. He did not choose to save an innocent person nor did he necessarily possess the virtue of his own that would give him the courage or desire for justice that are integral to morally performing such an act..
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