According to Aristotle, “Choice will be deliberate desiring of things in our own power; for when we have reached judgement as a result of deliberation we desire in accordance with our deliberation.” The Wikipedia definition of choice involves mentally making a decision: judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one or more of them. The contrast between the two definitions is Aristotle’s includes deliberating/thinking, desiring, and then using the will to make a decision. The Wikipedia definition talks about mentally making a decision and then deliberating on that choice to make a final decision. The definition description is out of order …show more content…
Delegated decisions are inconsequential, and an example is choosing a bike shed color. Aristotle would argue that inconsequential things do not lead to ends. “The end, then, being what we wish for, the means what we deliberate about and choose, actions concerning means must be according to choice and voluntary.” Aristotle would say delegated decisions are not choices because they do not involve deliberation of the means, reason, or consequence. If a person does not use these aspects, then delegated decisions cannot lead to the end goal of humans. Therefore, they are not choices. I agree more with Aristotle because I would ask the question, “Why do I make delegated decisions?” Would it be just because, or for a purpose? People make choices to reach goals or for specific purposes. I feel delegated decisions are more like voluntary actions because one is aware of the situation and they do it themselves, but there is no true thought to it and not for a purpose. We need choice to reach our end happiness, and delegated decisions do not entail a person to reach what makes them true