Human Happiness And Morality
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Author |
: Robert F. Almeder |
Publisher |
: Prometheus Books |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2010-06-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781615926435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1615926437 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Human Happiness and Morality by : Robert F. Almeder
What makes a right act right? Why should I be moral? What is human happiness and how do I attain it? These questions are the foundations of ethics and they form the backdrop for all discussions of the subject.In Human Happiness and Morality, noted philosopher Robert Almeder provides lucid introductory explanations of the major ethical theories and traditions, and looks at the answers emerging from the three basic questions. Divided into four parts, the book first details proposed answers to What makes a right act right? including a discussion of consequentialist and deontological theories. Rather than taking sides in the debate as most texts do, Almeder admits that we face daunting difficulties when trying to decide what makes an an act right or wrong. Trying to face these difficulties honestly gives intensity to ethical discussion.The second and third sections of the book ask whether or not one must be moral, and what is the nature of human happiness and how one attains it. Almeder imparts a clear understanding of what is needed for happiness and the place of traditional morality in that pursuit. In closing, the author details simple Stoic rules for happy living and shows how to live a good life despite the existence of unhappiness and failure in others.Robert Almeder (Atlanta, GA) is a professor of philosophy at Georgia State University, the coeditor (with Milton Snoeyenbos and James Humber) of Business Ethics, and the author of many scholarly works.Milton Snoeyenbos, Robert Almeder, and James Humber (Atlanta) are professors of philosophy at Georgia State University.
Author |
: Julia Annas |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 516 |
Release |
: 1993-08-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198024169 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198024163 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Morality of Happiness by : Julia Annas
Ancient ethical theories, based on the notions of virtue and happiness, have struck many as an attractive alternative to modern theories. But we cannot find out whether this is true until we understand ancient ethics--and to do this we need to examine the basic structure of ancient ethical theory, not just the details of one or two theories. In this book, Annas brings together the results of a wide-ranging study of ancient ethical philosophy and presents it in a way that is easily accessible to anyone with an interest in ancient or modern ethics. She examines the fundamental notions of happiness and virtue, the role of nature in ethical justification and the relation between concern for self and concern for others. Her careful examination of the ancient debates and arguments shows that many widespread assumptions about ancient ethics are quite mistaken. Ancient ethical theories are not egoistic, and do not depend for their acceptance on metaphysical theories of a teleological kind. Most centrally, they are recognizably theories of morality, and the ancient disputes about the place of virtue in happiness can be seen as akin to modern disputes about the demands of morality.
Author |
: George Ramsay |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 620 |
Release |
: 1843 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89094561016 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty by : George Ramsay
Author |
: Paul Bloomfield |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2016-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190612009 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190612002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Virtues of Happiness by : Paul Bloomfield
As children, we learn life is unfair: bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. So, it is natural to ask, "Why play fairly in an unfair world? If being immoral will get you what you want and you know you can't get caught, why not do it?" The answers, as argued herein, begin by rejecting the idea that morality and happiness are at odds with one another. From this point of view, we can see how immorality undermines its perpetrator's happiness: self-respect is necessary for happiness, and immorality undermines self-respect. As we see how our self-respect is conditional upon how we respect others, we learn to evaluate and value ourselves, and others, appropriately. The central thesis is the result of combining the ancient Greek conception of happiness (eudaimonia) with a modern conception of self-respect. We become happy, we life the best life we can, only by becoming virtuous: by being as courageous, just, temperate, and wise as can be. These are the virtues of happiness. This book explains why it is bad to be bad and good to be good, and what happens to people's values as their practical rationality develops.
Author |
: Julia Annas |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 513 |
Release |
: 1993-08-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198024163 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198024169 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Morality of Happiness by : Julia Annas
Ancient ethical theories, based on the notions of virtue and happiness, have struck many as an attractive alternative to modern theories. But we cannot find out whether this is true until we understand ancient ethics--and to do this we need to examine the basic structure of ancient ethical theory, not just the details of one or two theories. In this book, Annas brings together the results of a wide-ranging study of ancient ethical philosophy and presents it in a way that is easily accessible to anyone with an interest in ancient or modern ethics. She examines the fundamental notions of happiness and virtue, the role of nature in ethical justification and the relation between concern for self and concern for others. Her careful examination of the ancient debates and arguments shows that many widespread assumptions about ancient ethics are quite mistaken. Ancient ethical theories are not egoistic, and do not depend for their acceptance on metaphysical theories of a teleological kind. Most centrally, they are recognizably theories of morality, and the ancient disputes about the place of virtue in happiness can be seen as akin to modern disputes about the demands of morality.
Author |
: George Ramsay |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 566 |
Release |
: 2024-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783385119727 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3385119723 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty by : George Ramsay
Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.
Author |
: Vojin Rakić |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 90 |
Release |
: 2021-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030724733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030724735 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ultimate Enhancement of Morality by : Vojin Rakić
This book deals with good, evil, happiness and morally enhanced post-humans. It offers a succinct historical elaboration of philosophical stances towards morality and happiness, focusing on Kant's ideas in particular. Human augmented ethical maturity in a futuristic version of Kant’s Ethical Commonwealth implies, among else, voluntary moral bio-enhancement (VMBE); consequently, more happiness – as morality and happiness are in a circularly supportive relationship; ultimate morality (UM). UM is in its own way a universal morality. In line with the contention that Kant’s vision of the (not immediate but more distant) future of humanity is one of a cosmopolitan moral order in which humans act virtuously in the broadest possible community, that is, humanity, it is justified to conclude that successful VMBE is conducive to Kant’s vision. In this context the book is of great interest to a broad audience, such as those interested in VMBE and novel conceptions of morality, and those with an interest in the historical development of morality and happiness, in philosophy (specifically, ethics) and in post-humanity.
Author |
: Aristotle |
Publisher |
: SDE Classics |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2019-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1951570278 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781951570279 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nicomachean Ethics by : Aristotle
Author |
: Arthur Melnick |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2014-09-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004283213 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004283218 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Happiness, Morality, and Freedom by : Arthur Melnick
To be happy is to be emotionally and evaluatively satisfied with one’s life according to a standard of satisfaction one can claim as one’s own as a reasoning being. Since there is no definitive proof of what the standard of satisfaction is, being open to the devising and testing of standards by others is part of claiming one’s own standard as a reasoning being. This open-ness is equivalent to being open to and hence respecting and caring for the pursuit of happiness of others. Since such respect and care is what it is to be moral, it follows that one cannot be happy without being moral.
Author |
: George Ramsay |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 554 |
Release |
: 1843 |
ISBN-10 |
: LCCN:90033298 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Enquiry Into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty. In Two Books by : George Ramsay