Questions: True or false: Aristotle holds that one should strain every nerve to avoid wickedness for only so can one be a friend to oneself or to any other person. True False

The answer is True.

Aristotle, in his ethical writings, particularly in the "Nicomachean Ethics," emphasizes the importance of virtue and moral character. He argues that living a virtuous life is essential for achieving eudaimonia, or human flourishing. According to Aristotle, one must strive to avoid wickedness and cultivate virtues to be truly happy and to maintain harmonious relationships with oneself and others. Being a friend to oneself involves self-respect and moral integrity, which are compromised by wickedness. Therefore, Aristotle would indeed hold that one should strain every nerve to avoid wickedness to be a friend to oneself or to any other person.