Hunter Hartnett29 January 2014Reflection PaperAristotle starts of his work, “Nicomachean Ethics”, with the statement “every action and choice, seems to aim at some good, and hence it has been beautifully said that the good is that at which all things aim”(Aristotle 1). I understood this to mean that one’s actions, regardless of how they are interpreted by others, are meant to pursuit and accomplish what would be regarded as positive for that individual, not necessarily what is considered morally “good”. I think there have been several instances of this, such as Hitler in Nazi Germany. His actions were provoked by his and his party’s goals, and although they weren’t perceived as being morally just, theywere positive in his eyes and seen as I way to go forward with his plan.Aristotle continues to toy around with this concept further, stating that what is good for an individual depends greatly on the situation, where for one person good could be perceived as “pleasure, wealth, and honor”(3) while for someone who lacked or needed something, such as someone sick, health would be considered “good”. He also discusses the idea of self-efficiency, and that true self-sufficiency is “not what suffices for oneself alone…but also with parents and children and a wife…friends…and fellow citizens”(10). His idea is that humans were meant to be one withsociety and are not solitary beings, and therefore being truly self-sufficient would involve filling and being fulfilled by society. He is also strong in his statement in that there are limitations in self-sufficiency in society, and I agree with him that a line hasto be drawn at where you can no longer expect to successfully be able to fulfill your duties, such as “friends of one’s