STS - L8 Flashcards
the concept of human flourishing is best captured.
EUDAIMONIA
GREEK WORDS OF EUDAIMONIA:
EU - WELL
DAIMON - SPIRIT
- It is defined as a contented state of being happy, healthy, and prosperous.
- It is also understood as the effort to attain self-discovery
and fulfillment within the setting of society, each with the
right to pursue his or her own efforts to achieve such state.
EUDAIMONIA
In Philosophy, Eudaimonism refers to
pursuing the right
actions that leads to one’s well-being.
normative ethical theories developed by the
ancient Greek philosophers where it emphasizes on the
virtues of mind and character.
VIRTUE ETHICS
an objective state that characterizes the well
lived life as an individual’s ideal emotional state. It is thought
of as the highest human good that is good-in-itself.
EUDAIMONIA
______ observed that even bad people are capable of feeling
guilty when they do something wrong. He claimed that the
mind must govern the spirit, emotions, and physical desiresto attain eudaimonia.
Plato
, excellence of any kind that is necessary in order for
one individual to flourish and attain the good life.
ARETE
3 PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES OF HEDONISM:
- HEDONISM
- EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING
- PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE’S SAKE
__________ believed that virtue is a sort of knowledge (the
knowledge of good and evil) that is needed to achieve the
ultimate good all human desires.
Socrates
________, he stated that such happiness is conditional foritisdependent on other conditions. Any individual livingalifeofvirtue will not be happy if faced with an extremepredicament. He also stated that eudaimonia is not aninstrumental good but rather, the ultimate goodfor it isintrinsically good or good in its own sake
Aristotle
proposedthat eudaimonia or human flourishing requires onetohaveknowledge of God.
St. Augustine of Hippo and St. Thomas Aquinas
The ____ perceived virtue based on morality. Theybelievedthat eudaimonia is the highest good and is achievedbylivingin harmony with nature. Perfect virtue is impossibletoachieve. Moral values such as courage, honesty, justicearegood while moral vices like envy, slander, and shamearebad.Health, honor, and wealth are neutral
STOICS
derived fundamental principles of his philosophy from the Bible, stressed that happiness is pursued through prudence.
JOHN LOCKE
OLD TESTAMENT:
____ the concept of human flourishing is best described.Which means peace, harmony, and completeness. It isthesense of wholeness involving an individual’s relationshipwithGod and His creations.
SHALOM
According to _____________, a more suitable definition of the word shalom is the webbing together of God, humans, and all creation in justice, fulfillment, and delight.
Dr. Neal Plantinga in his article Educating for Shalom (2015)
The Bible equates “shalom” to ________________________ – a rich state affairs that inspires wonder and joy for every creature on Earth reigned over by the Creator andSavior.
universal flourishing and delight
, pleasure is the most valuable pursuit of
mankind and everything that one does is to gain
pleasure.
HEDONISM
a Greek philosopher who was convinced
that life’s objective is to experience maximum
pleasure.
ARISTIPPUS
The Eudaimonic well-being. He assumed that happiness
is a vague idea emphasizing that not all desires are worth
pursuing. Though some may yield pleasure, they will not
always produce lasting happiness.
ARISTOTLE
_______ AGREED WITH ____ that Eudaimonia is the
highest good, however he associated this with the idea
of “pleasure for pleasure’s sake”.
Epiricus agreed with Aristotle
