| i. Definition of the good | Today we'd call this "means-ends analysis" |
| ii. Primacy of statecraft | Application: "politics"="management," "citizens"="stakeholders" |
| iii. Two observations on the study of ethics | Not an exact science Not suitable for immature minds |
| iv. The good as happiness | Health, money, leisure, entertainment are all means to this end |
| v. Conflicting views of happiness | Pleasure? no. Honor? close, but not quite. Money? ridiculous! |
| vi. Criticism of Plato's doctrine of archetypes | Skip |
| vii. Definition of man's highest good | An activity of the soul in accordance with virtue Compare Gary Becker's repacement of 'consumption: with "household production" |
| viii. Confirmation by popular beliefs | A person who does not enjoy doing noble actions is not a good person
at all Requires external goods, for it's not easy to act nobly without the proper equipment |
| ix. Sources of happiness | It would be altogether wrong that what is greatest and noblest in the world should be left to chance |
| x. Happiness and "time and chance" | "good decisions" versus "good outcomes" (make the best shoes you can out of the leather that is available) |
| xi. The happiness of the dead | Skip |
| xii. Happiness: praised or prized | Skip |
| xiii. Two kinds of human excellence | Skip |