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Chapter 5

This document discusses concepts related to the good life including virtue, pleasure, happiness, and the common good. It explores intellectual virtues that support good thinking and learning. Pleasure is described as a positive mental state that gives satisfaction, while happiness is defined as a state of well-being and contentment with meaning and satisfaction. The document also examines what makes up a good life, human existence, and the concepts of public and common good from political and economic perspectives. It discusses human rights and different types of rights. Finally, it describes the Aristotelian view that a good life involves relationships and contributing to the common good of one's community.

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Chapter 5

This document discusses concepts related to the good life including virtue, pleasure, happiness, and the common good. It explores intellectual virtues that support good thinking and learning. Pleasure is described as a positive mental state that gives satisfaction, while happiness is defined as a state of well-being and contentment with meaning and satisfaction. The document also examines what makes up a good life, human existence, and the concepts of public and common good from political and economic perspectives. It discusses human rights and different types of rights. Finally, it describes the Aristotelian view that a good life involves relationships and contributing to the common good of one's community.

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CHAPTER 5

Good Life

A philosophical term for the life that one would like to leave.

KEY CONCEPTS

 Virtue trait or quality that is morally good and valued as foundation of principle.
 Pleasure, something positive, and enjoyable or worth seeking mental state.

Virtue- high moral standards; doing what is right/avoiding what is wrong

Pleasure- experiencing pleasures like food, drink sensual indulgence

KEY CONCEPTS

 Happiness state of well-being that encompasses living a good life with sense of meaning and
satisfaction.
 Ethics human morality such as good and evil, right and wrong
 Good - an object or product that is useful
 Common good- refers to what is shared for all or most members of a community.

Good- it makes life practical, has positive effect, it makes people happy

Common Good- all people benefit

INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES

Good thinking and learning require being intellectually careful, honest with humility, and being
attentive.

Pleasure

A positive, enjoyable or seeking mental state that gives feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment.

It is a significant component of happiness.

Pleasure is a sensational feeling experienced when we eat chocolates, satisfying words also gives
pleasure. If these things were gone, then people do not feel pleasure anymore.

Happiness

A state of well – being and contentment that encompasses living a good life with a sense of meaning and
satisfaction. A feeling that people experience when life is at best.

Concerns that Make up a Good Life

 Produce as much as you can


 Develop good friends
 Keep your culture alive
 Your spirituality counts a lot
 Don’t miss anything
 Inspire your family and the inner circle

What is Human Existence?

 A philosophical and religious contemplation and scientific inquiries about a social ties,
consciousness, and happiness.

Aristotle teaches that each man’s life has a purpose and that the function of one’s life is to attain that
purpose.

Each human being should use his abilities to their fullest potential and should obtain happiness through
the exercise of their realized capacities.

What is Public Good?

An item or service tat may be consumed without reducing the amount available for others.

Public Good is non – excludable.

Concepts of Public Good?

Politico – ethical sense

Politico – economic sense

Public Good from Politico – Ethical Sense

National People and the Public Good

An ethical theory implying that a morally good action is the one that helps greatest number of people

Example of these is: the national defense; education public health, public sports and highways, public
services

Communal People and the Public Good

A national good can also be considered communal good. However, in some cases, communal public
good does not jibe, causing conflict with national public good

Massive dam example.

Public Good from Politico Economic Sense

Microeconomy

It is an economic concept of public good pertaining to benefits that may accrue individuals or firms in
pursuing project that will offset possible losses or adverse effects that will benefit the public.

Macroeconomy

Industrial and business firms are profit – oriented while government agencies are service oriented.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights- humans have innate right to be valued, respected, and to receive ethical treatment.
Rights are designed to protect individuals against violation caused by government or by individual or
group of individuals.

Three Human Rights

Natural Rights

Rights possessed by man. It was conferred to him by God and nature.

Examples are right to happiness, right to live, right to love

Statutory Right

Rights granted to individuals by laws which are promulgated by law making body and may also be
abolished by the same body.

Examples are right to receive minimum wage, right to receive 13 th month pay, right to service incentive

Constitutional Rights

Rights of citizenships rights, rights of suffrage, right on information on matters of public concerns,
economic rights

Eudaimonia and the Common Good

Eudaimonia Notion of Happiness

Human beings are inclined to seek a deeper sense of happiness than mere notions of pleasure and
absence of pain (Annet, 2016)

It centers on human flourishing and prioritizing living well and actualizing one's potentials through
personal development. It focuses to what is worthwhile to people – purpose, meaning, relationships,
good health and contributions to community.

Aristotelian View of Happiness

Good life is a life of relationships. Human being seeks for good life not only for themselves but a good
life with others.

This mutual flourishing is embedded in the notion of common good. Individuals and common good are
inseparable and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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