What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness - "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."
Factual question for Chapter 5: Which Chinese philosopher claimed that "everyone (even Hitler, we might say) will feel himself moved (emotionally and physically) to want to rescue a child falling into a well?" Answer: Mencius (p. 152)
Discussion question: Which virtues do we personally uphold as important? Why?
Is your comment, "And I finally understand Marxism", to be understood literally? If so, how did your understanding of Marxism change? Why do you think your current understanding is superior?
Factual question: Who said "By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man—every man—is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose"? Answer: John Galt in Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand Discussion question: How does pure capitalism handle happiness? Darryl Cunningham's Biographical comic of Ayn Rand- http://activatecomix.com/162.comic
Not in the sense that I'm worried about whether or not they're from the text (I know that they are not), but that we can't use these on any study guides, nor do they adequately fulfill our requirement of coming up with FQ's.
Congrats, William! Can't wait to hear all about it!
ReplyDeleteHooray for changes! Good times incoming.
ReplyDeleteFactual question for Chapter 5:
Which Chinese philosopher claimed that "everyone (even Hitler, we might say) will feel himself moved (emotionally and physically) to want to rescue a child falling into a well?"
Answer: Mencius (p. 152)
Discussion question: Which virtues do we personally uphold as important? Why?
Is your comment, "And I finally understand Marxism", to be understood literally? If so, how did your understanding of Marxism change? Why do you think your current understanding is superior?
ReplyDeleteFactual question: Who said "By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man—every man—is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose"?
Answer: John Galt in Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
Discussion question: How does pure capitalism handle happiness?
Darryl Cunningham's Biographical comic of Ayn Rand-
http://activatecomix.com/162.comic
I worry that your factual questions aren't coming from the text...
DeleteNot in the sense that I'm worried about whether or not they're from the text (I know that they are not), but that we can't use these on any study guides, nor do they adequately fulfill our requirement of coming up with FQ's.
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