POLS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Anthony Downs, Jeremy Bentham, Political Philosophy
9 Dec 2016
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Two parts - each worth 50% of exam. Part 1: mc, short fill in the blanks, identify author of passage. Part 2: essay question on nussbaum"s book not for profit. Eudaimonia (happiness): important to distinguish two different accounts of happiness. Hedonic (pleasurable enjoyment: getting what you want (e. g. materials) Jeremy bentham: good life = max. these pleasures (subjective acc of wellbeing) Eudaimonia: the experiences enjoyed when one does what is most worthwhile doing (objective perfectionist acc of happiness) Happiness is an activity (activity of the soul in accordance with complete virtue) Since happiness is activity of the soul in accordance with complete virtue we ought to examine virtue so that we might better understand happiness. And it seems the true political expert is concerned most with this for he wants to make citizens good and obedient to the laws. (ethics) *question on the final exam on the positive psychology video* Elizabeth dunn: spending money on other peoples happiness.
