Human Flourishing Flashcards
is the pursuit of self-actualization and fullfilment within a community
Human Flourishing
involves achieving a pleasant, engaged, and meaningful life
Human Flourishing
Flourishing requires developing personal and social attributes that exhibit character strengths and virtues across cultures
Human Flourishing
He believed all actions aim towards a final end, which is flourishing (Eudaimonia)
Aristotle
He considered flourishing the ultimate good, desirable for its own sake.
Aristotle
He proposed three popular conceptions of the best life: The philosophical life, the life of pleasure, the life of political activity
Aristotle
- meaning ‘‘good spirit’’, refers to living well and doing well
- Implies a state humanity can strive toward and achieve
- It’s a property of one’s life as a whole and implies striving towards a divine state of being
Eudaimonia
Happiness: ‘‘Doing well’’ and ‘‘living well’’.
- Implies a state humanity can strive toward and achieve
- While widely agreed upon, the specific meaning of eudaimonia differed among philosophers
Aristotle
- He equates Eudaimonia with pleasure
- Identified eudaimonia with a life of pleasure, free from pain and distress
- Believed virtue was instrumental, but not central in achieving happiness
- Happiness is about a continuous experience of pleasure and freedom from pain
Epicurus
He emphasizes virtue like self-control, justice, courage, wisdom, piety and related qualities of mind and soul are absolutely crucial.
Socrates
He believed that virtues guarantee a happy life
Socrates
is crucial to achieving Eudaimonia
Virtue
For him, cirtue (arete) is the most essential element of Eudaimonia
Plato
is not just a part of flourishing but the dominant constituent
Virtue
founder of Pyrrhonism, a school of skeptcism
Pyrrho
Advocated for ________ (state of equanimity) as the key to Eudaimonia
ataraxia
Modern Interpretations emphasize the balance between:
1. _____ well-being (mental, physical, emotional)
2. _________ well-being (social and collective flourishing)
- Personal well-being
- Community well-being
play a pivotal role in shaping human flourishing by improving various aspects of life. However, they also present challenges that can hinder well-being
Science and Technology
which literally means “being there” focuses on the “mode of existence”
Dasein
is consists of Greek words “eu” which means “good” and “daemon” which means “spirit’’
Eudaimonia
