Nicomachean Ethics: Deep Review

Original academic guide to Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle.

• Academic Classics
• 33 min
• Ages 15–99
• 10 chapters

About this audiobook

Aristotle's central ethical work on human flourishing, virtue, habit, practical wisdom, friendship, and the good life.

Why it's worth a listen

Frame the book as one of the most durable guides to character formation and practical judgment, not a rulebook of moral commands.

Based on the book by Aristotle, published by Public domain classic

Chapters

1. The Problem This Book Is Trying To Solve
2. The Historical and Intellectual Context of Fourth-Century Athens
3. The Central Argument: Human Flourishing as an Activity
4. The Anatomy of Virtue and the Doctrine of the Mean
5. Practical Wisdom and the Mechanics of Moral Choice
6. The Role of Friendship in the Good Life
7. Pleasure, Contemplation, and the Ultimate End
8. What Makes This Work Brilliant and Durable
9. The Blind Spots: What Is Dangerous or Dated in Aristotle's Ethics
10. How to Read the Ethics Today and Who Benefits Most