RECR 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Personal Development, Protestant Work Ethic, Empiricism

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 200
• Professor: Brett Eldridge

Document Summary

In greek (cid:862)the lo(cid:448)e of (cid:449)isdo(cid:373)(cid:863: a systematic collection of: Preferences (choice, relative order: guidance of how to think vs. what to think. Parks, rec, & leisure values/principles: preservation of nat. Resources: wise use of leisure, human happiness, protection & promotion of human dignity, personal growth, leisure awareness, leadership & moral charac. devel, quality of life. Competing values: ethics, study of morality (set of moral principles/values, boundaries between right/wrong, good/bad, a set of ordered values. Ethics is the exercise of those values (what we do: ethics & recreation, likely to encounter ethical dilemmas in your career, deciding between competing priorities, vulnerable pop. require safety/our trust, expectations of responsibility & healthful activities. Ancient greek philosophy: plato & a(cid:396)istotle fo(cid:272)used o(cid:374) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s of . Ethics (for optimizing lifestyle of indiv. to find happiness) Politics (for optimizing functioning of the state: western conceptions of leisure are closely connected to ethics of ancient greeks.