Similarities Between Aristotle And John Stuart Mill

Given that John Stuart Mill was a student of Aristotle’s work, it comes as no surprise that there are many commonalities between Aristotle’s and Mill’s ideas. One of the biggest ideas shared by the two is that all humans are striving towards the Good in their lives. However, while they both believe happiness is the ultimate Good in our lives, they differ in their conclusions about what happiness is and how to reach it. It is these differences in conclusions that further separate the two in their ideas of the ideal structure of society. Firstly, we must discuss the ideas shared by Aristotle and Mill, which will then allows to see how each reaches their conclusions about how important the State and the individual are, and which is more important.
It is with this freedom that people can truly take something as truth. Under Aristotle’s system of ethics, the young are taught to behave in a manner that follows what the State has laid out as virtuous. The idea is that because the young practice this from childhood, it simply becomes a part of their habit to behave virtuously. However, Mill raises the question of whether people who grow up this way truly know the reason behind their actions, or if they are simply following blindly. We can also examine this question through something all students experience. When examined to see how much they have learned in their studies, students are usually required to simply memorize all of the information that is going to be present on their exam and regurgitate those facts on the exam. Is this an accurate examination of what the student has learned, or is it simply testing how well the student is at memorizing facts? Similarly, are citizens who grow up habituated with virtuous actions truly virtuous or are they simply behaving virtuously without even understanding what it means to be