PHIL 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eudaimonia, Compatibilism, Universal Rule

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 3040
• Professor: Peter Eardley

Document Summary

Voluntary actions = actions for which we are held accountable (i. e. praised or blamed) Happi(cid:374)ess (cid:894)eudai(cid:373)o(cid:374)ia: (cid:862)eu(cid:863) = (cid:449)ell; (cid:862)dai(cid:373)o(cid:374)(cid:863) = de(cid:373)o(cid:374), spirit; (cid:862)(cid:449)ell-spirted(cid:863)(cid:895) How to live our life in a happy, ration and good way. Aristotle thinks happi(cid:374)ess goes (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d life e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:455)ou die, happi(cid:374)ess is still there (cid:894)or not) through your reputation (good or bad) Virtues: a happy, good life has. 3 parts to the soul: rational (i. e. humans have rational soul that encompasses the sensitive and vegetative soul, sensitive (i. e. humans have sensitive soul that encompasses the vegetative soul, vegetative (i. e. plants have vegetative soul) 3 classes of actions: the voluntary (praised or blamed for these actions, the involuntary (not praised or blamed, the non-(cid:448)olu(cid:374)tar(cid:455) (cid:894)depe(cid:374)ds (cid:895) Ignorance: acting in ignorance acting while in a state of ignorance (not excused, acting from ignorance i. e. doing something while drunk. P1) a major premise = expresses some universal rule.