In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle provided the first systematic study of ethics in the history of the Western world. This work is based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum, consisting of ten books. Ethics, roughly described, is about good living given that it's aim is to create good living. Ethics should describe how one could best live. Aristotle continues the discussion about this subject that had previously started with Socrates and Plato.
