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Human Acts & the Virtuous Life

Happiness

• "Our Hearts are Restless Until They Rest in You"From the ConfessionsSaint Augustine of Hippo

• God alone constitutes man’s happiness. Summa TheologiaePart II/1, Question 2. On what constitutes human happiness

Article 7. Whether some good of the soul constitutes man’s happiness?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvCJley78A

Happiness & Goodness

• Why are you so good?• Morality of Obligation• Morality of Happiness

• What are the motivations for being good?

Evaluating Actions• Determining Good or Bad

• “Bonum ex integra causa, malum ex quocumque defectu," -- " A thing to be good must be wholly so; it is vitiated by any defect.“ or “An action is good when good in every respect; it is wrong when wrong is any respect.”

Three Fonts of Human Act1.Object (Act Itself)

2.End (Motivation | Intention)

3.Circumstances

Motive: « THE WHY »"the path to Hell is paved with good intentions."Intentions: Give Actions Meaning

• Morality of Obligation

• Morality of Happiness

•What are the motivations for being good? Character?•Effect: (In)Transitive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry7_FcSiQL8

The Range of Roots of Morality

Absence of Ethics

The Criminal

“I KILLED HIM AND I DON’T CARE”

The Delinquent

“I DON’T CARE ABOUT THAT”

“CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.”

Duty Ethics(Absolutism)

NormativeRelativism

DescriptiveRelativism

IndividualRelativism

AcceptedPractices

Utilitarianism

Most Pleasure

Greater Net Happiness

Based On : Consequences Outcomes

Kantian – Duty

Truth

Justice

Rights

Divine Law

Natural Law

Aristotle

Honor

Character

Habituation

Stoicism

Rule Based Moral Theories

Character Based

Relativism Consequentialism Virtue

To live the “right” kind of life…

How ought I to act? (question of action)

What kind of person ought I to be?(question of

character)