Happiness: Between What We Want and What We Need
... their basic needs, i.e.: food, dress, and shelter. Some other secondary needs are necessary to keep the urge of staying alive. The basic needs gives life to a human being, and some other needs are necessarily to make the living. In the other hand, a want is an urge within individuals for the satisfa ...
... their basic needs, i.e.: food, dress, and shelter. Some other secondary needs are necessary to keep the urge of staying alive. The basic needs gives life to a human being, and some other needs are necessarily to make the living. In the other hand, a want is an urge within individuals for the satisfa ...
Aristotle Reading Study Guide Phil 240 Introduction to Ethical
... end that all of us by nature seek. For Aristotle, this good is happiness. Many people disagree about exactly what happiness involves, however. Aristotle attempts to give a more precise account of happiness by determining the function of human beings. Just as a good flute player is one who plays the ...
... end that all of us by nature seek. For Aristotle, this good is happiness. Many people disagree about exactly what happiness involves, however. Aristotle attempts to give a more precise account of happiness by determining the function of human beings. Just as a good flute player is one who plays the ...
Utilitarianism
... To do as you would be done by, and to love your neighbor as yourself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.” Utility is NOT a “godless” doctrine. “If it be a true belief that God desires, above all things, the happiness of his creatures, and that this was his purpose in their cr ...
... To do as you would be done by, and to love your neighbor as yourself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.” Utility is NOT a “godless” doctrine. “If it be a true belief that God desires, above all things, the happiness of his creatures, and that this was his purpose in their cr ...
Good - PushMe Press
... • Seeks the mean between excess and deficiency relative to us • Promotes human flourishing ...
... • Seeks the mean between excess and deficiency relative to us • Promotes human flourishing ...
Mill, Utilitarianism Notes 3 (MS Word)
... -- Another way to think of this question: utilitarianism seems to focus on the sum total of happiness and not its distribution—would it be permissible to allow some people to experience great pain to produce more happiness for a greater number? -- Mill’s answer in this chapter: No, not if the inflic ...
... -- Another way to think of this question: utilitarianism seems to focus on the sum total of happiness and not its distribution—would it be permissible to allow some people to experience great pain to produce more happiness for a greater number? -- Mill’s answer in this chapter: No, not if the inflic ...
Do unto others…
... Kant = “Moral Duty” higher than happiness Certain moral rules apply to everyone in every situation - all the time Respect for neighbor? Yes, even if neighbor is a dangerous mass murderer (may not lead to happiness) Lottery winners unhappy, those who suffer find peace, happiness, even comfort ...
... Kant = “Moral Duty” higher than happiness Certain moral rules apply to everyone in every situation - all the time Respect for neighbor? Yes, even if neighbor is a dangerous mass murderer (may not lead to happiness) Lottery winners unhappy, those who suffer find peace, happiness, even comfort ...
OUTLINE of Mill`s Utilitarianism
... “The entire history of social improvement” has tended to erase distinctions between “slaves and freemen, nobles and serfs, patricians and plebeians; and so it will be, and in part already is, with the aristocracies of colour, race, and sex.” (259, 1) 259, 2 “[J]ustice is a name for certain moral req ...
... “The entire history of social improvement” has tended to erase distinctions between “slaves and freemen, nobles and serfs, patricians and plebeians; and so it will be, and in part already is, with the aristocracies of colour, race, and sex.” (259, 1) 259, 2 “[J]ustice is a name for certain moral req ...
Economics and Happiness Research: Insights
... 2. Utility and costs are subjective: All economic phenomena are filtered through the ...
... 2. Utility and costs are subjective: All economic phenomena are filtered through the ...
Ethics and the Professions
... According to act utilitarianism, pornography would have to bring out more happiness than the absence of pornography for it to be moral. The existence of such a wide spread debate and the statistic which states that 63% of firms thought pornographic spam was offensive, would suggest that many are off ...
... According to act utilitarianism, pornography would have to bring out more happiness than the absence of pornography for it to be moral. The existence of such a wide spread debate and the statistic which states that 63% of firms thought pornographic spam was offensive, would suggest that many are off ...
Froh, J. and Parks, A. (2012). Activities for Teaching
... classes more meaningful and enjoyable for your students. With the focus on standards and testing, it is more important than ever that we help our students develop essential habits and competencies to support their ongoing personal well-being. Good grades and high test scores are not accomplished by ...
... classes more meaningful and enjoyable for your students. With the focus on standards and testing, it is more important than ever that we help our students develop essential habits and competencies to support their ongoing personal well-being. Good grades and high test scores are not accomplished by ...
Ethical theorists: A comparison of main ideas
... and autonomy A human act is morally good when it is done for the sake of duty The use of reason is central to moral life – duty is determined by principles I must act in such a way that the principles according to which I act should become a universal law ...
... and autonomy A human act is morally good when it is done for the sake of duty The use of reason is central to moral life – duty is determined by principles I must act in such a way that the principles according to which I act should become a universal law ...
Slide 1
... What is natural is good because God made nature and God is good. God gave us the innate ability to know what is good. Morality is universal and objective: it is a law of nature. Problems for virtue ethics: Depends upon belief in God. Without belief in God, there is no justification for believing tha ...
... What is natural is good because God made nature and God is good. God gave us the innate ability to know what is good. Morality is universal and objective: it is a law of nature. Problems for virtue ethics: Depends upon belief in God. Without belief in God, there is no justification for believing tha ...
How Important is Character in Ethics paper
... virtue: moral and intellectual. Intellectual virtues are taught to us throughout our lives with no real action required while moral virtues are learned through practice and repetitive action on our part. Every human is born capable of being morally virtuous but we must continuously train ourselves t ...
... virtue: moral and intellectual. Intellectual virtues are taught to us throughout our lives with no real action required while moral virtues are learned through practice and repetitive action on our part. Every human is born capable of being morally virtuous but we must continuously train ourselves t ...
Ethical theorists: A comparison of main ideas
... and autonomy A human act is morally good when it is done for the sake of duty The use of reason is central to moral life – duty is determined by principles I must act in such a way that the principles according to which I act should become a universal law ...
... and autonomy A human act is morally good when it is done for the sake of duty The use of reason is central to moral life – duty is determined by principles I must act in such a way that the principles according to which I act should become a universal law ...
Hedonia, Eudaimonia, and Well-Being: An Introduction
... autonomy is quite different from independence. Cross-cultural perspective…Devine et al – autonomy as the basic human need which they argues] is observable in both western individualist and eastern collectivist societies. So I’ve spoken about how important autonomy seems to be in our lives and so ...
... autonomy is quite different from independence. Cross-cultural perspective…Devine et al – autonomy as the basic human need which they argues] is observable in both western individualist and eastern collectivist societies. So I’ve spoken about how important autonomy seems to be in our lives and so ...
Chapter One: Moral Reasons
... Ethical relativism: Moral truths are not absolutely true but true relative to some particular standards. Cultural relativism: Moral truths are not absolutely true but are relative to a particular society. – Whether an act is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of society and not on an absolute ...
... Ethical relativism: Moral truths are not absolutely true but true relative to some particular standards. Cultural relativism: Moral truths are not absolutely true but are relative to a particular society. – Whether an act is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of society and not on an absolute ...
Virtue Ethics
... The good life People are virtuous in order to cultivate their own soul and achieve a higher happiness Focus on motivations for actions, rather than consequences The goal is self-realization: to be noble, honorable, decent Cf. Confucious’s junzi 君子 What kind of people do we want to be? Do we want to ...
... The good life People are virtuous in order to cultivate their own soul and achieve a higher happiness Focus on motivations for actions, rather than consequences The goal is self-realization: to be noble, honorable, decent Cf. Confucious’s junzi 君子 What kind of people do we want to be? Do we want to ...
Happiness
... Living virtuously is the one and only pathway to genuine happiness, and happiness is the highest good, because: 1. Happiness is desired by all. 2. Happiness is self-sufficient: once we have it, we lack nothing of importance. 3. Happiness is final: we desire it only for itself, and not as a stepp ...
... Living virtuously is the one and only pathway to genuine happiness, and happiness is the highest good, because: 1. Happiness is desired by all. 2. Happiness is self-sufficient: once we have it, we lack nothing of importance. 3. Happiness is final: we desire it only for itself, and not as a stepp ...
Aristotle
... “happiness”? What are the chief characteristics of happiness? How does he arrive at this definition? (Book 1, 8) ...
... “happiness”? What are the chief characteristics of happiness? How does he arrive at this definition? (Book 1, 8) ...
Ethics: A Brief Overview
... “Teaser” for next class… If animals have a different purpose from humans, does this change the “rules” for research? ...
... “Teaser” for next class… If animals have a different purpose from humans, does this change the “rules” for research? ...
Contents of The Happiness Box Teachers` Notes
... ways. For example, to stimulate discussion in a whole class P4C session, to form part of a group reading session, sometimes leading to a longer piece of writing. Speaking and listening are integral to the design of the box, providing ongoing opportunities for meaningful, structured talk. Up and down ...
... ways. For example, to stimulate discussion in a whole class P4C session, to form part of a group reading session, sometimes leading to a longer piece of writing. Speaking and listening are integral to the design of the box, providing ongoing opportunities for meaningful, structured talk. Up and down ...
Objectivism 101: Life and Happiness
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
... “I swear—by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” ...
Happiness
Happiness, gladness or joy is a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources. Various research groups, including positive psychology, are employing the scientific method to research questions about what ""happiness"" is, and how it might be attained.The United Nations declared 20 March the International Day of Happiness to recognise the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals.