Sean Ryan’s Reviews > The Nicomachean Ethics > Status Update

Much of it has been dated, of course, and it is not with problems and problematic ideas; yet it is an absolutely essential and foundational text for anyone intrigued with philosophy, at least as it pertains to ethics.

I find the argumentation of Aristotle that reason is the driving force behind human function, as well as Kant's belief that it is what underlies morality, unconvincing to be central to our form. Reason has brought us such things as nuclear arms. Morality rather stems from natural, evolutionary inclinations and cultural factors, though what constitutes a man's morality may well be habit, and reason a justifying tool.