SUMMUM BONUM (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " highest See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good ")  , in See also:

• ETHICS
• ETHICS, SHAFTESBURY, HOBBES

ethics, the ideal of human attainment . The significance of the See also:

• TERM

term depends upon the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the ethical See also:

• SYSTEM

system in which it occurs . It may be viewed as a perfect moral See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state: as See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure or happiness (see See also:

• HEDONISM (Gr. i bovit, pleasure, from ?) (s, sweet, pleasant)

HEDONISM; - EUDAEM0NISM); as See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical perfection; as See also:

• WEALTH

wealth, and so forth . If, however, we abandon intuitional ethics, it is reasonable to argue that the term summum bonum ceases to have any real significance inasmuch as actions are not intrinsically See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good or See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad, while the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete sceptic strives after no systematic ideal .