Eudaimonia and Plato

AND PLATO

EUDAIMONIA

PLATO

EUDAIMONIA

LET´S THINK

KEY WORDS

INDEX

- Wisdom: Sabiduria-

- Ancients: Antiguos- Pleasures: Placeres- Carry out: Realizar- Well: Bien - Achievement : Logro- Intelligible: Inteligible - Beliefs: Creencias

KEY WORDS

* Are children happiert than adults? * Can animals be happy?* Does money bring happiness?

LET´S THINK

- Is living well and doing well.Relationship with ethicActivities associated with human living. - For the ancients one can participate in the human activities:- Good way- Mediocre way- Poor way- One can feel and react to pleasures: - Appropeartly - Inappropriately

EUDAIMONIA

- Eudaimonia is carry out the activities that constitue human living well. Happinees Human --------------------- Excellence Human Psychological basis for carryin out the activity ofa human life well. HUMAN EXCELLENCE IS ALSO HAPPINESS

EUDAIMONIA

- A feeling of satisfaction- Some think there a distinction between feeling happy and feeling concept.- Happiness has a secondary sense that does not focus on feelings but rather on activities.

Difference beteen the greek word and happiness: Eudaimonia Happiness- Means not so much feelingin a certain way.- Is carrying out certain activitiesin a certain way.- For the ancients it is an admirableachievment

EUDAIMONIA

PLATO

- Ethical ideas are universal moral standars which we can judge human behavior. - Every Being has the idea of good. -- For Plato exist "the truth about how we have to life" We can know it if we know the perfect ideasValid ideas for the subject and for societyMoral ideas are universal Moral standars.

PLATO

- The ideal state will be the one governed by men who are lovers of wisdom.Moral intellectualism:Virtue can be reduced to wisdow or knowledgeThe ills of comunity will only dissappear when political power is combined with the knowledge of universal moral standar.That wisely distinguish between good and bad give a valid criterion to judge human actions.

PLATO

Tripartita Soul- The national part or capacitiy to deliberate and think KNOW - The irascible part: The human character HONOR- The appetitive part: The natural desire for material well being and physical satisfaction. SENSUAL GRATIFICATIONAre the motivations of human behavior

PLATO

Tripartita Soul- The national part or capacitiy to deliberate and think KNOW - The irascible part: The human character HONOR- The appetitive part: The natural desire for material well being and physical satisfaction. SENSUAL GRATIFICATIONAre the motivations of human behavior

PLATO