About the lecture

In this module, we explore the concept of eudaimonia ('happiness', 'flourishing') in the Nicomachean Ethics, focusing in particular on the so-called 'function argument' and the importance of acting according to one's reason.

About the lecturer

Anthony Price is a professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research relates to Greek ethics and moral psychology, and contemporary ethics. Price was educated at Winchester School and the University of Oxford. He taught at the University of York from 1972-1995.