PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Rationality, Eudaimonia, Happy Human
28 Nov 2012
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Virtue ethics: emphasis placed on character the person one should be. What kind of person should i be? replaces the normative what should i do?": teleological view aim at a particular goal, aiming at good life for human beings, as promoted by moral life. Virtue: relatively fixed trait of character, disposition to think, feel, and act in certain ways in certain circumstances. Intellectual component the correct belief motivating actions. Affective component the appropriate feeling connected to an action. Motivational-behavioural component : primary basis for moral judgement. Happiness as the highest good: human activities aim at some good or end, highest good is: Not desirable for sake of some other good. All other good desirable for its sake. Wealth is not desirable for itself, it is desirable for the good for human beings, which is happiness. Happiness is not a transient state, it is enjoyed over a lifetime: moral life aims at good for human beings (eudaemonia, happiness, flourishing)
