Conflicting Uses of "Happiness" and the Human Condition

Autor/inn/en	Fishman, Stephen M.; McCarthy, Lucille
Titel	Conflicting Uses of "Happiness" and the Human Condition
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 45 (2013) 5, S.509-515 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-5812.2012.00856.x
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Psychological Patterns; Well Being; Satisfaction; Emotional Response; Teacher Role; Educational Environment; Philosophy; Moral Values; Altruism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Zufriedenheit; Emotionales Verhalten; Lehrerrolle; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Philosophie; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus
Abstract	Nel Noddings claims that there is an important normative element in happiness. For support, she points to the Aristotelian idea of the "eudaimonic" life, a concept that is often translated into English as "the happy life". However, in light of the wide divergence between the Aristotelian view of "eudaimonia" as a life of virtuous activity and most contemporary psychologists' and lay people's view of happiness as subjective wellbeing, the authors of this article believe that Noddings's merging of the two has several shortcomings. Aside from ambiguity and confusion, it encourages us to deny that, given the human condition, we must sometimes choose between happiness as pursuit of positive emotion and personal satisfaction and happiness as pursuit of the common good and the virtuous life. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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