Aristotle's Friendship

Aristotle defines friendship in three ways. Friends who are friends for utility, due to pleasure, and because they genuinely love each other and wish the best for the other.

Utility:
Often times in school, kids will use each other to benefit themselves and become "friends". An example of Aristotle's "utility friends" would be someone who doesn't have their own car or a license becoming "friends" with someone who does. They will use the person with their car to drive them to and from school, to the mall, and to parties and not pay them for gas. In reality, they probably wouldn't be friends with the person if they didn't have a car. If you got your car taken away as punishment though, your so-called-friends may not ask you to hang out anymore because you don't bring anything beneficial to the table anymore.

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Pleasure:

On my cheer team there are girls who are only friends during the season. They share the same interests therefore they are friends while they are participating in the same things, Once the season ends though, they no longer hang out anymore. The pleasure is removed, and their friendship no longer has anything to strive on. Once the season begins again, they will be friends and hang out all the time, because the common pleasure is intact.

Perfect:
A perfect friendship is only achieved when each friend wants the best for the other, My friendshup with my older sister, Kyleigh, is an example of a perfect friendship. Kyleigh and I always want the best for each other. No matter what happens, I want her to be happy in life and to be successful. She also wants the same for me. Whenever I have a big competition, she is always there supporting me. When she found out I'm going to Nationals, she said she wants to come, even though it will be very expensive for her to travel. I have attended all of her National tournaments for softball as well, traveling to North Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio. I would travel across the world to see my sister play softball because I love watching her succeed. We are an example of a perfect friendship because our love for each other will never die.