Can animals be happy Aristotle?
Animal Happiness, Culture and Polis –
Compare and contrast what Aristotle thought in his time about the animal kingdom as it pertains to happiness, culture and Polis verses what we have learned about animals and their social structures today.
If Aristotle only thought humans are capable of acting according to principles, and in so doing taking responsibility for their choices. … For this reason, pleasure alone cannot constitute human happiness, for pleasure is what animals seek and human beings have higher capacities than animals
