PHIL20040 Study Guide - Final Guide: Julia Annas, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Infomercial
27 Jul 2018
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Happiness central assertion: happiness depends on moral rightness and wrongness because this shows whether or not something is in one"s interests and will thus give them happiness, since, only morally good things can make one happy. Disagreements between polus and socrates: socrates: doing wrong is worse than suffering it; polus: suffering wrong is worse than doing it, socrates: criminal more unhappy if he avoids punishment and a bit better with it; Polus: criminal is happy if he avoids punishment. In regards to disagreement one: doing wrong is more contemptible than suffering it, what is admirable is good and what is contemptible is bad, so, doing wrong is worse than suffering it. In calling something admirable or contemptible, we appeal to a certain standard which makes that judgment possible. Plato suggests that this standard is utility and pleasure. Plato says that it is worse and more contemptible to do than to suffer wrong.
