The good life

The Good Life What it means to live a good life has changed drastically throughout the ages, a question in the sense that is as old as the time humans began to contemplate on complex information. A good life can be interpreted in many ways, for few it may be: happiness, to lead a fulfilling life of joy, adventure, to live life on the edge, hospitality, to treat strangers with the kindest of emotions. The society and politics suggests what should be done and what should be left unfinished, but…

Chris Heathwood sees the meaning of a good life comes down to the question of welfare and whether it should be viewed from the subjectivism or objectivism views. He believes, despite viewing a morally good life as objective, that the meaning of life should be viewed from the subjective point of view. He approaches the question from the most common things considered to be huge players in what many consider intrinsic “good life” qualities such as happiness, love, freedom, and beholding beauty…

her life a good and happy life, and everyone has the control to make that life possible. Aristotle believed the good life is one which thrives and that individuals live happily and opportunely. Socrates was another philosopher that contributed in the argument on the good life and how it should be achieved. According to Socrates, the good life is one that is not materialistic but rather about the mind of an individual. He argued that an individual with a healthy mind tends to live the good life…

different life styles in which individuals are happy. After sharing how happy people differ from the average person, — they are more social— he goes on to describe the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life. In the pleasant life, individuals seek what makes them happy and surround their life around those items. The good life consists of individuals finding what their strengths are and integrating those strengths into their work, love, and play. People who exemplify the good life…

The definition of an ideal “good life” can vary from person to person based on their values, experiences and beliefs. Numerous individuals struggle with trying to search for what type of person one would have to be to live the good life well. Is it the person who donates every penny to charity? Is it the person who contributes to society through positive actions? Or is it the person who is concerned with their success? There are some that believe that living a good life is based on just one…

posts that most people in our world today see the good life as happiness, which allows them to be controlled by perceived social pressures into having “standard wants”, which in turn leads to unhappiness since they don’t have the resources to meet all of their wants. I proposed another possible view of what the good life is in another one of my forum posts. And that is by making it so obvious of how hard it is to argue for a view of the good life, since the standards we would normally use to…

Assignment 5: Long Paper 1 According to Aristotle, the best life to live is a life of pursuing knowledge. Not only pursuing it but understanding it too. Virtue is a very important aspect that one needs to consider when trying to live an all around good life. As a writer named Christine puts it: Like others before him, such as Socrates and Plato, Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who was interested in the best way to live a good life and to cultivate virtue. In particular, he believed virtue to…

Rules to a good life II If you want some ways to help you get away with things in life or just help you out of awkward situations, if you need that help then you found the right things to read. The evidence I used for this is actually coming from my personal life and you may go through the same things or maybe in the future. These rules can help you in everyday situations. Three “rules to live by” that all people should follow are Don't worry about the future, Spend time with your friends and…

Topic A In chapter five of Mike Martin’s Happiness and the Good Life focuses on how self-deception is a normal and expected behavior when it comes to happiness. However he also claims that we should take precautions with the power that self-deception may have in our happiness, for it might cloud our sense of meaning in life and may lead us away from what we aspire to. I do not agree that self-deception can be a valuable role in our happiness. Martin believes that self-deception is a positive…

with the hope of eventually reaching a common goal: to find oneself living “the good life.” This life includes a well-paying job and sprawling house and garden, inside which resides a cookie-cutter family and a dog. This is the good life and any deviation is considered less-than; it’s what everybody is working to achieve, to look back at all of the victories and feel a sense of success. Once one has obtained this life, he or she is at the optimal place in society, having hurdled all obstacles…