The Ergon (Function) Argument and the Human Soul
Analyse Aristotle's function argument establishing that human flourishing consists in rational activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.

Analyse Aristotle's function argument establishing that human flourishing consists in rational activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.
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Master Aristotle's core teleological framework, including eudaimonia, the function argument, moral habituation, the doctrine of the mean, and moral responsibility.
normative ethics: utilitarianism (act and rule; hedonist and preference forms); Kantian deontological ethics and Aristotelian virtue ethics, including the definitions of good/bad/right/wrong within each approach and similarities/differences across approaches
consider and develop an understanding of the ways in which philosophers have engaged with traditional philosophical issues and philosophical approaches to problems, through the detailed study of the arguments of philosophers in identified texts
understand the main philosophical arguments within topics, through the works of philosophers, and articulate those arguments in appropriate forms, correctly, clearly and precisely