How might Aristotle reply to the claim that individuals should be free to pursue their own conceptions of the good life and that
participating in politics is only one life option among many? a) Participating in politics, broadly conceived as the practice of deliberation, is actually the condition for the ability to pursue one’s own conception of the good life. b) One can only achieve the good by receiving the highest honors in the city. c) Although the state should guide people’s life choices, it should not enforce any conception of the good through law. d) One should avoid participating in politics only if it detracts from one’s happiness. e) All of the above.
Aristotle, as one of the greatest philosopher ever lived wrote discusses on various aspect of life. One of them was his works on good life. According to him, good life is one in which a person cultivates and exercises their rational faculties which could be engaging in scientific inquiry, philosophical discussion, artistic creation, or legislation. This is because,what separate humans from animals is the human reason to rationalize things.
