Aristotle's teaching on the subject of happiness is of vital importance to the question of the relevance of his ethics today. This treatise argues that philosophers should look to the "Eudemian Ethics" for a comprehensive account of the perfect life.

I believe that no interpreter of Aristotle's moral philosophy can ignore Kenny's book ... one will think harder and better than one would without the challenge of his arguments. In one way or another this work teaches us a great deal, as do all of Kenny's writings.

`Kenny is to be commended for practising what he preaches: he has not only provoked the scholarly community to begin to pay the kind of attention to EE that it deserves-he has carried out the kind of detailed, careful study that will put us in a position to make well-founded judgments about the relationship between the two treatises.' Daniel Devereux, Philosophical Review Vol 106, no3 July 1997 `it is an important contribution, especially to the explication of a difficult but important text, the Eudemian Ethics ... he once again deserves thanks both for his vigorous scepticism and for his forthright discussion of such basic issues' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 4.1(1993) 'Kenny's study will occupy a prominent position in the current flood of books on Aristotle's ethics. It warrants attention simply for its careful assessment of current scholarship. Highly recommended.' J. Bussanich, University of New Mexico, Choice, Apr '93 'Kenny presents the standard intellectualist line' Journal of the History of Philosophy 'a further salvo in Anthony Kenny's campaign to induce ancient philosophers to pay proper attention to the Eudemian as well as the Nicomachean Ethics' M.B. Trapp, King's College, The Classical Review, Vol. XLIII, No. 2, 1993 'I believe that no interpreter of Aristotle's moral philosophy can ignore Kenny's book ... one will think harder and better than one would without the challenge of his arguments. In one way or another this work teaches us a great deal, as do all of Kenny's writings.' Timothy D. Roche, Memphis State University, Mind, Vol. 103, No. 410, April 1994 'The eight essays are extremely learned, and there is much judicious commentary on the writings of contemporary commentators.' Dorothy Mitchell, La Trobe University, Australasian Journal of Philosophy