PHL375H1 Lecture Notes - Developmentalism, Paternalism
Document Summary
Aims to establish a connection between well-being and flourishing. What we understand by flourishing is for someone to properly develop and exercise the capacities, potentialities, faculties that one naturally has from early life. Developmentalist view: well-being consists in this definition of flourishing. Kraut aims to make developmentalism a composite theory by joining the definition of well- being with taking pleasure in developing these capacities. *taking pleasure in this is a necessary condition for well-being for kraut. Seeking and acquiring knowledge, reflecting, contemplating, imagining, deliberating Taking pleasure in activities such as cooking, listening to music, viewing art Falling in love (with someone worthy of being loved); nb: kraut thinks there is an objective standard for objects of emotion. Deterioration or loss of one"s senses; unpleasant sensations. Too many negative emotions; anything that deteriorates or impedes ability to feel emotion. Inability to do these things, as the results of diseases, etc Anything that limitis or deteriorates these capabilities; inactivity.
