How to live a good life according to aristotle and kant

« Similarities and differences between them Kant and Aristotle: Kant and Aristotle both agree that for someone to be virtuous they must have good external conditions and that the state/government can help them achieve that and what separates human beings from animals is our capacity to reason. The difference is the way they achieve virtue for Kant it is trough learning the categorical imperative and acting upon it and for Aristotle it is by learning the 2 kinds of knowledge scientific knowledge and applicable knowledge. Who’s right: Neither is right because the way virtue is achieved is different in some ways, but the end goal is the same the be happy and live a good life. 'To live a Good Life, one has to be virtuous’.

Virtue is not something that is black and white because there are many ways of achieving it and different explanations for it, but it all comes down to being happy and leading a good life.

But whose happiness, when Aristotle and Kant talk about the happiness, they talk about how to achieve it for any average person.

Aristotle and Kant are philosophers who were born with an extended mental capacity and they want to help anyone become happy and live a good life.

This statement is not true because to live a good life you don’t have to be virtuous like for example all the famous and rich celebrities and also anyone who is wealthy out there is living a good live thanks to their income but this does not mean they are happy they may be temporarily happy thanks to buying expensive things like cars, houses, watches… .

This is what Aristotle talks about when he describes the continent man.

This person has the moral strength to resist doing something bad but in the end is dissatisfied because they did not do cede bad act, but this is what the state/government is there for, to help someone be virtuous and be happy they are.

That kind of happiness never lasts at least not as much as the happiness of having a beautiful family that you love with all your heart and soul which lasts forever no matter what. Being virtuous is also a way of being happy without needing an extremely large income, of course you still need the right external conditions but if you are born into those right conditions being virtuous is a great way of helping the world with your benevolence and happiness while making you happy at the same time. So, in conclusion I don’t agree that to live a good life you have to be virtuous, but I think that to have a good life you have to be happy while making others happy.. »