PHI 2174 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ataraxia, Epicurus, List Of Oracular Statements From Delphi
30 Dec 2016
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Genuine happiness: eastern idea of well being, peace of mind. Evaluation (negatives: aristotle"s theory is vague there is a depletion in rules. He going to tell us the way to be and what kind of person we should be and from that person good actions will come about: takes a life to achieve. Mind is plastic but it takes time to change it. Putting in a lot of effort over a long period of time before you become this virtuous person: does not guarantee the recipient will be happy. For most people it will: provides little basis for law. Saying i was trying to do the right thing in a court of all would not y. He is not so interested in law. Evaluation (bene ts: provides a practical basis for good action, psychologically healthy lack guilt, shame. Other ideas like kant their systems and rules it says you are not a good person and they shame you.
