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Hedonism

pleasure is the most valuable pursuit of mankind and everything that one does is to gain pleasure

Aristippus

This greek philosopher was convinced that life’s objective is to experience maximum pleasure (positive emotion) and minimize pain (negative emotion.

Epicurus

This Greek philosopher says that pleasures should not be overflowing but enough, thus excesses cause suffering, that for achieving happiness, we must find inner peace through a quiet life.

Immanuel Kant

This German philosopher says that happiness is more than a desire, joy, or choice. It is a duty. collectively there should be formal rules, so no one hurts others in their pursuit of happiness.

eu

good or well

daimon

spirit

Eudaimonia

Ancient Greeks called this concept of “living well and doing well”

virtue ethics

Ancient Greek philosophers developed normative ethical theories called _____ that emphasize the virtues of the mind and character.

concept of arete

“excellence” of any kind that is necessary in order for one individual to flourish and attain good life.

Socrates

He believed that happiness is based on leading a life of virtue; virtue is a form of knowledge (knowledge of good or evil) that is needed to achieve the ultimate good all humans desire.

Plato

He believed that individuals naturally feel unhappiness when they do something they know and acknowledge to be wrong, that even "evil" people feel guilt at doing something which is clearly wrong, and, even when there is no fear of punishment, doing what is wrong simply makes people miserable.

Plato

He claimed that the mind must govern the spirit, emotions, and physical desires to attain eudaimonia.

Plato

According to him, eudaimonia was the highest and ultimate aim pf both moral thought and behavior.

Aristotle

According to him, happiness is the be all and end all of everything that we do.

Aristotle

He stated that happiness is conditional for it is dependent on other conditions; the individual’s worldly conditions are important in pursuit of eudaimonia.

Aristotle

For him, being part of a community is needed for an individual to flourish as a human being, meaning friendship, a mutual admiration between two persons is a contributing factor in attaining eudaimonia.

Stoics

This perceived virtue on morality, they believed that eudaimonia is the highest good and is achieved by living in harmony with nature; to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic.

St. Augustine of Hippo & St. Thomas Aquinas

They proposed that eudaimonia or human flourishing requires to have knowledge of God or complete blessedness.

John Locke

A philosopher & political theorist in the 17th century stressed that happiness is pursued through prudence.

Old Testament

In this Testament eudaimonia is described by the word shalom which means peace, harmony, and completeness, trusting the word and plan of God that he has already set from the beginning of creation.

New Testament

In this Testament is it is captured through the Beatitudes, Blessed are they…. Or Happy are they ….from the Greek word “makarios” (blessed or happy), beatitudes comes from the Latin “beatus” meaning blissful, happy, fortunate, or flourishing.

makarios

blessed or happy

beatus

blissful, happy, fortunate, or flourishing

Carol Ryff

according to her, a psychology professor, there are 6 components of well-being.

Gerd Leonhard

According to him there would be “an avalanche of technological changes that could reshape the very essence of humanity and every aspect of life on our planet (2016).

responsibilities

As the world continues to transform and develop in a pace beyond anyone’s expectations because of science and technology, scientific and technological innovations now come with what?