I recently read Aristotle’s Nicomachiean Ethics on friendship but I need some help finding arguements For why friendship ISN’T necessary for happiness. Can anyone help give me some examples because I can’t seem to think of any?
You could argue that having friends is just a factor that contributes to happiness, instead of it being necessary…
As for reasons why frienship for happiness isn’t necessary:-
We all need some “alone time” every now and again, y’know.
Some people don’t socialize very well and just feel uncomfortable around people, and so seek happiness in other places.
Some people choose to live their lives alone for whatever reasons, and simply don’t need anything to make them happy, like some buddhists.
One might live in fear of the pain of loss, and so choose not to get close to anyone to avoid it. But I don’t know if people like this would actually be happy…
Friends can piss you off sometimes, lol.
Well, that’s what I have.
The only situation that I can think of where you wouldn’t need friendship for happiness is if you grew up all your life without having any human contact what-so-ever… Sorry thats all I could think of, that’s a very hard question.
thanks for those comments, I think I will use some of those arguements and see what I come up with, unless i can think of other reason why we don’t need friends.