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Lesson 149 of 1524

Ethics from Antiquity to the Present

He believed a person’s actions determined whether he or she was virtuous, and the point of the virtuous life was happiness, or eudaimonia

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He believed a person’s actions determined whether he or she was virtuous, and the point of the virtuous life was happiness, or eudaimonia Aristotle considered phrónēsis , or prudence, the most important virtue, because of its practical application

Aristotle focused on the role of virtue in developing individual character and social stability. Moral virtues were acquired through habit and built character by helping someone pursue what is beneficial and avoid what is harmful in daily life.

eudaimonia — the happiness or human flourishing that results from virtuous activity; it is more than contentment or satisfaction. li — the proper order of the universe and the customs and rituals that support order and harmony on Earth. phrónēsis — prudence or practical wisdom; the intellectual virtue Aristotle considered most important. categorical imperative — Kant’s unconditional precept that we must “act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law”; to act on the basis of….

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What does “eudaimonia” mean in Ethics from Antiquity to the Present?

  1. 1Use the wording this chapter gives for eudaimonia.
  2. 2The book says: the happiness or human flourishing that results from virtuous activity; it is more than contentment or satisfaction.
  3. 3Do not use the meaning of li. That term means the proper order of the universe and the customs and rituals that support order and harmony on Earth.

Result: the happiness or human flourishing that results from virtuous activity; it is more than contentment or satisfaction

Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for eudaimonia.

Do not swap eudaimonia and li. eudaimonia means the happiness or human flourishing that results from virtuous activity; it is more than contentment or satisfaction. li means the proper order of the universe and the customs and rituals that support order and harmony on Earth.

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