Aristotle in "Nicomachean Ethics"

Aristotle argues the highest end is the human good, and claims that the highest end pursued in action is happiness, "What is the highest of all goods pursued in action...most people virtually agree about what the good is, since both the many and the cultivated call it happiness."(1095a15-20 p. 6) Aristotle's argument is flawed when he suggests only human beings with full use of reason (not animals or even small children) can be …showed first 75 words of 1038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1038 total…achievable by a few. Overall I would agree with Aristotle that happiness is the goal of human life. But I also find that in today's world his eudaimonic life is grossly unachievable. It is far too strict with too many conditions attached. Most of his arguments are sound and very well thought through (e.g. self-sufficient life and the Golden Mean) but at the same time there are those that are clearly out of date.