The Eudaimonia Problematic: Aristotle's or Aristotelian?

Abstract

Human happiness or human fulfillment has been a perplexing human phenomenon that encompassed both the ordinary person as well as the most illustrious thinker in the world. Even in the ancient times, the problem of human flourishing has already beleaguered peasants as well as theorists hoping to spell out the intricate components that underlie beneath the phenomenon. Some have held that virtuous action is necessary and sufficient for human fulfillment.1 Others have maintained that, important though virtue is to man’s happiness, it is not all there is to it; external conditions such as health, wealth and avoidance of disasters matter too. Still others have thought that virtue is generally inimical to human happiness.