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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Eudaimonism."”.
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Is Ancient Eudaimonism a Defensible Normative Ethical Position?
… Swanton of the differentia which distinguish eudaimonism from virtue ethics in general. This will be followed by an account of Julia Annas’ analysis of the structural features of Ancient eudaimonist theories of virtue ethics, focusing especially on the relationship between virtue and …
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Toward a New Reading of Cicero's De Finibus
… the dominant ethical positions without rejecting eudaimonism itself. This allows Cicero to demonstrate Academic practices while also insisting upon the importance of virtue, which suggests the best ethical view for Cicero is a skeptically grounded eudaimonism. Second, the arrangement of the text …
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Analysing Authenticity: Explaining What it is to be True to Yourself and Why this is Good
… particular interest in Aristotelianism virtue Eudaimonism and how it can help in providing a tenable understanding of what authenticity is. In answering the first question, I seek to develop a modified account of Alasdair's MacIntyre's (1981) narrative unity of the self, which I term the …
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Some Aspects of Practical Reasoning in Epicurean Ethics
… from the Utilitarian one largely because of the eudaimonism and practical orientation of ancient Greek ethics. The second chapter discusses Epicurus’ idea of a moral education. My view is that the study of physics was the central element in learning to be a good Epicurean. I begin by …
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The conversion and therapy of desire in Augustine's Cassiciacum dialogues.
The philosophical schools of late antiquity commonly diagnosed human unhappiness as rooted in some fundamental disorder in our desires, and offered various therapies or prescriptions for the healing of desire. Among these only the neo-Platonic treatment for desire requires redirecting desire …
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Reclaiming happiness of the city and the soul : Augustine's engagement with Cicero and Porphyry in the City of God.
The present dissertation argues that Augustine's City of God demonstrates the superiority of the Christian faith to pagan philosophy in the attainment of happiness and, ultimately, seeks to turn the Roman intellectuals to the Christian faith. The study investigates Augustine's correspondence with …