l approach to goodness and the order of which things should be. He believed that everything had a purpose, and the purpose of everything is some sort of good or to reach some sort of goodness. Every “good” had its own way of being good but as a whole they all have the same underlying meaning, to reach the highest good. He believed that there was a highest good, happiness. Aristotle’s views on living and goodness also came with the ideas of ends and means. For example, if I want a car, the car is my end or goal. I have ways of obtaining what I want/need such as earning, borrowing, or stealing the money to get said car. These are my means of getting the car. The means I choose depends on which is easier, quicker, or most likely to succeed, etc. Thinking about the goal we are aiming to reach, and the means we must use to reach said goal. But what we’re thinking of reaching has no effect until it results in action (reaching the end), which is acting with some end, goal, or purpose in mind are the keys to success. But sometimes doing some sort of activity to obtain what you want is the end goal but in other cases to reach the end requires something more than just the activity. Aristotle also mentions that we have knowledge of the highest good and that everything that we’re doing is to eventually reach it. With that being in mind, do we not follow the hope of reaching the goal because we believe it follows the conduct of life? Having the highest good in mind allows us to follow what is right and use the right path.

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