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Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια (Nicomachean Ethics) influenced The Good Place

Added by Media Influence Map · 23 September 2026

The evidence

The Good Place is a sitcom about moral philosophy that teaches Aristotle by name, and the Nicomachean Ethics is the text it settles on after trying the alternatives. Chidi lectures the other characters on virtue ethics explicitly, and the show's argument is Aristotle's: that being good is a practice rather than a state, that character is formed by habit, and that you cannot become virtuous alone. The final season turns on the claim that people can improve given time and company, which is the Ethics' position against the divine ledger the premise starts with. The series employed a philosophy consultant and the citations are on screen.

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