A polemicist as well as a rational philosopher, Aristotle's Ethics sets itself the task of demonstrating how men become good and why happiness can, and should, ... » 

A polemicist as well as a rational philosopher, Aristotle's Ethics sets itself the task of demonstrating how men become good and why happiness can, and should, be our goal. The success of the endeavour may be measured by the impact of the work on western moral philosophy through the ages. «