(F) CHAPTER 5 - GOOD LIFE

Happiness

is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence (ARISTOTLE)

Money, Health, Career, Relationship

HAPPINESS

Good Life

We simply mean that they are a good person, someone who is courageous, honest, trustworthy, kind, selfless, generous, helpful, loyal, principled, and so on. They possess and practice many of the most important virtues. And they don't spend all their time merely pursuing their own pleasure; they devote a certain amount of time to activities that benefit others, perhaps through their engagement with family and friends, or through their work, or through various voluntary activities.

Socrates

He argues that "it is much better to suffer wrong than to do it; that a good man who has his eyes gouged out and is tortured to death is more fortunate than a corrupt person who has used wealth and power dishonorably."

Plato

"The morally good person enjoys a sort of inner harmony, whereas the wicked person, no matter how rich and powerful he may be or how many pleasure he enjoys, is disharmonious, fundamentally at odds with himself and the world."

Epicurus

"What makes life worth living is that we can experience pleasure. Pleasure is enjoyable, it's fun, it's...well...pleasant! The view that pleasure is the good, or, to put I another way, that pleasure is what makes life worth living, known as hedonism. "

Aristotle

"We all want to be happy. We value many things because they are a means to other things. For instance, we value money because it enables us to buy things we want; we value leisure because it gives us time to pursue our interests. But happiness is something we value not as a means to some other end but for its own sake. It has intrinsic value rather than instrumental value."

Religious Person

Many religions also conceive of the good life in moral terms as a life lived according to God's laws. A person who lives this way - obeying the commandments and performing the proper rituals -is pious. And in most religions, such piety will be rewarded.

Michael Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas

wrote a book entitled The Ten Golden Rules on Living a Good Life where they extracted "ancient wisdom from the Greek philosophers on living the good life" and mapped it into modern times.

The Ten Golden Rules on Living a Good Life

Michael Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas wrote a book entitled ________________- where they extracted "ancient wisdom from the Greek philosophers on living the good life" and mapped it into modern times.

1. Examine life

2. Worry only about the things that are in your control

3. Treasure Friendship

4. Experience True Pleasure

5. Master Yourself

6. Avoid Excess

7. Be a Responsible Human Being

8. Don't Be a Prosperous Fool

9. Don't Do Evil to Others

10. Kindness towards others tends to be rewarded.

The Ten Golden Rules on Living a Good Life

Existence

is derived from philosophical and religious contemplation and scientific inquiries about, social ties, consciousness and happiness.

Aristotle

teaches that each man's life has a purpose and that the function of one's life is to attain that purpose.

states that each human being should use his abilities to their fullest potential and should obtain happiness and enjoyment through the exercise of their realized capacities.

Plato's reputation

comes from his idealism of believing in the existence of universalis. His Theory of Forms proposes that universals do not physically exist, like objects, but as heavenly forms.

Theory of Forms

Plato's reputation comes from his idealism of believing in the existence of universalis. His ___________ proposes that universals do not physically exist, like objects, but as heavenly forms.

Form of the Good

the character of Socrates describes the_________________-. His theory on justice in the soul relates to the idea of happiness relevant to the question of the meaning of life.

The public good

is public in the sense that the beneficiaries are the general public.

is that which benefits by its use, the communal or national public. This can be perceived in two levels.

The government or state

pursues it with a service orientation while private corporations pursue it with a profit orientation.

Mixed public goods

which are pursued by private organizations with a service motivation. Government corporations are basically motivated by service through having profit is not precluded.

Rolando Gripaldo

Filipino philosopher, argues that the concept of the public good carries largely the politico-ethical sense, which subsumes the politicoethical senses.

first level

second level

A public good is that which benefits by its use, the communal or national public. This can be perceived in two levels.

first level

comes from the people themselves.

They perceive the public good to be beneficial to most if not to all of them. This utilitarian consideration is important in that, on the other hand, it serves as the ethical standard by which the public-through a civil society-unify themselves in consideration of their individual and social benefits.

As individuals, they may of course think in terms of their own selfish benefits from a public good, but there is also a recognition that unless they work together for their common welfare, the public good aspired for may not materialistic.

second level

comes from the local or national government,

which believes or assumes with the utilitarian perspective that a particular project or service is desired by the populace as necessary for their common welfare. As such, the local or national government views it as a public good.

NATIONAL DEFENSE

EDUCATION

PUBLIC HEALTH

PUBLIC PORTS/AIRPORTS

Examples of Public Good