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TERM 1
Hedonism
DEFINITION 1 According to Hedonism, what makes life go well for the one who lives it is fundamentally a matter of enjoyment. The one who lives the life enjoys, or takes pleasure in, the things that befall on him in that life. TERM 2
Desire Fulfillment Theory
DEFINITION 2 According to the desire-fulfillment theory, the satisfaction of a person's desires is what makes their life go well. Getting what we want not just what feels good adds value to our lives. TERM 3
Objective list
theory
DEFINITION 3 According to the objective list theory, certain things objectively constitute for a good life. What is good for me is at least in part, independent of what feels good OR what I desire. Examples intellectual pursuit, cultivation of moral character, friendship, aesthetic appreciation, and good health. TERM 4
Kraut's Objective List Theory
DEFINITION 4
- Must love something 2. The object of love must be worth loving. 3. One must have the right relation to the loved object. TERM 5
Robert Nozick's Experience Machine
DEFINITION 5 Experiment asks us to imagine a "Experience Machine" that can provide you with any experience imaginable without your mind knowing it is fake. Would you plug into it, or would you rather live out the experience? Nozick's results show that pleasure is not the most important thing because many would chose not to plug into it, because we not only want the joy, but the experience as well.
TERM 6
How do Hedonist Understand Pleasure?
DEFINITION 6 Simple hedonist- say that all pleasures are equal, that is best for us depends on only two characteristics of pleasure: there duration and intensity. According to J.S. Mill however we must not only pay attention of the quantitative elements of pleasure but also the qualitative elements. Mill Claims that human's happiness is tied to higher pleasures like seeking knowledge, virtue, and beauty than to lower pleasures like lazing around drinking beer. TERM 7
Problems Facing Hedonism
DEFINITION 7 What unifies pleasure? Pleasurable things seem diverse. Experience machine worry. Feeling good seems to make life good, we want authenticity too. TERM 8
Griffin's Desire Fulfillment Theory
DEFINITION 8
- The kinds of desires that makes our lives go better are global desires- being the most important in determining well being. - Griffin proposes a structure for the fulfillment of desires: Local desires (sleep now/ eating a sandwich), higher order persons (avoid sleeping in class in order to gain knowledge/ skipping lunch to save money), and Global desires (striving for athletic excellence/ being a good person/ working to cure AIDS). TERM 9
Problems with desire fulfillment theory
DEFINITION 9 Changes in our desires which matter for making our lives good- past or present, those held for longer periods of time, or felt more interesting. Bizarre desires made under fully informed conditions. Desire fulfillment after death: DF that is not enjoyable or satisfying in the least. TERM 10
Nussbaum's List
DEFINITION 10 A life that lacks any of one of these capabilities, no matter what else it has, will fall short of being a good human life. - Life, Bodily health, bodily integrity, Senses imagination and thought, emotions, practical reason, affiliation, other species, play, control over one's environment.
