Week 6-8 Flashcards
For Aristotle, the final end of human life is
to flourish, to live well, to have a good life
Acquired desires or wants correspond to ________; things that are good because we want them
apparent goods
Natural desires or needs correspond to ________; things that are good for us whether we want them or not
real goods
health, vitality, vigor, and pleasure
bodily goods
food, drink, shelter, clothing, and sleep
external goods
knowledge, skill, love, friendship, aesthetic enjoyment, self-esteem, and honor
goods of the soul
two types of goods
limited goods and unlimited goods
type of goods that we can have more of them than we need
limited goods
type of goods that we cannot have more of them than we need
unlimited goods
The way to bridge the gap between knowledge of the good life, living it was through the development of a good ________
moral character
Aristotle calls good habits
virtues or excellences
Virtues of the mind are
Intellectual virtues
virtues exemplified by a regular disposition to choose correctly are
moral virtues
For Aristotle, wisdom is the most important
intellectual virtue, but moral virtue plays a special role in living well. The reason
moral virtue— or habits like
moderation, courage, and justice
is an ancient Greek concept of living well and doing well
eudaimonia
“eu” means
good
“daimon” means
spirit
In the eighteenth century, John Stuart Mill declared the
Greatest Happiness Principle
Who declared the Greatest Happiness Principle
John Stuart Mill
they led a school whose primary belief… that the world is made up of and is controlled by
the tiny indivisible units in the world called atomos or seeds
Democritus and Leucippus
the world is made up of and is controlled by
the tiny indivisible units in the world called atomos or seeds
materialism
The end goal of life is acquiring pleasure
hedonism
the stoic was led by
Epicurus
One must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic or apatheia, meaning be indifferent. According to them, happiness can be attained by careful practice or apathy
stoicism