PHIL 1100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Rationality, Divine Providence, Habituation
26 Jan 2017
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It is the think for which you do all other things. The most complete good, inclusive of other goods. Choice worthy in and of itself [on purpose] Note that this is compatible with being chosen insofar as it shares in happiness. Happiness presumes some good fortune or luck; virtue is enabled by these but under our control. What it means to be a human being is that you take part in societal systems so you have some say in them. Now the mass of mankind are evidently quite slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts,". Happiness: the best and most complete life for a human being. Rationality: the function of a human, the capacity distinctive to what we can do. Virtue: how someone with rationality [a capacity] gets to happiness [a goal] Happiness is lake louise in the rocky mountains. Rationality is your capacity to learn to drive your car.
