Full Idea
A question for Aristotle is, how can an action be good in itself if it is valued as a means to 'eudaimonia'?
Clarification
'Eudaimonia' is a state of fulfilment or flourishing in life
Gist of Idea
How can an action be intrinsically good if it is a means to 'eudaimonia'?
Source
comment on Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1101a15) by J.L. Ackrill - Aristotle on Action p.93
Book Reference
'Essays on Aristotle's Ethics', ed/tr. Rorty,Amélie Oksenberg [University of California 1980], p.93
A Reaction
A good question, but one which shouldn't trouble Aristotle. There is no short cut to eudaimonia (e.g. a pill); it is a state of accumulated good actions.