The Phronimos, the Phainomena, and the Pragmata: Are We Responsible for the Things that Appear to Us to Be Good for Us? An Axiological Exercise in Aristotelian Phenomenology

Heffernan, George

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“…27 We concur with (Peucker, 2008, 307). 28 See (Peucker, 2007;Heff ernan, 2010;Tullius, 2017;Ubiali, 2017). 29 See (Luft , 2010(Luft , , 2012).…”

Section: Phenomenology Of Happiness and Virtue Ethicsmentioning

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“…Th e human being must be able to be satisfi ed in order to aim at the goal not only of being good but of becoming better and better" 59 . According to Husserl, the "happiness question" (die Glücksfrage: XLII, 504-508) is a matter of how I should conduct myself ethically in order to lead a life of complete self-preservation (Selbsterhaltung) 60 and sustained satisfaction 55 See, e.g., (Drummond, 2002(Drummond, , 2014(Drummond, , 2015(Drummond, , 2018Heff ernan, 2010;Peucker, 2010). 56 See, e.g., (Plato, 2006), Book IV, and (Aristotle, 1999), Books II-VI.…”

Section: Husserl's Eudaimonism the Characteristic Features Of A Happymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…See, e.g.,(Seligman, 2002;Ben-Shahar, 2007;Lyubomirsky, 2008).4 See, e.g.,(Vitrano, 2014;Cahn & Vitrano, 2015). Th e exceptions, e.g.,(Haybron, 2008), prove the rule.5See, e.g.,(Drummond, 2010(Drummond, , 2013Heff ernan, 2010Heff ernan, , 2014Brudzińska, 2017).…”

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From Happiness to Blessedness: Husserl on Eudaimonia, Virtue, and the Best Life

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Heffernan²

2019

HORIZON / Fenomenologicheskie issledovanija/ STUDIEN ZUR PHÄNOM

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Th is paper treats of Husserl's phenomenology of happiness or eudaimonia in fi ve parts. In the fi rst part, we argue that phenomenology of happiness is an important albeit relatively neglected area of research, and we show that Husserl engages in it. In the second part, we examine the relationship between phenomenological ethics and virtue ethics. In the third part, we identify and clarify essential aspects of Husserl's phenomenology of happiness, namely, the nature of the question concerning happiness and the possibility of a phenomenological answer, the power of the will, the role of vocation, the place of obligation, the signifi cance of habituation, the necessity of selfrefl ection and self-criticism, the importance of sociability and solidarity, the impact of chance and destiny, and the specter of regret. In the fourth part, we establish the inextricable linkage between Husserl's metaethics and his metaphysics. In the fi ft h part, we provide a provisional exploration of his conception of the connection between happiness and blessedness. We acknowledge that there is an extensive literature on Husserl's phenomenological ethics, and our study has benefi tted greatly from it, but we also suggest that our holistic approach critically clarifi es his description of happiness, virtue, and blessedness by fully recognizing that his phenomenological metaethics is embedded in his phenomenological metaphysics.

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“…27 We concur with (Peucker, 2008, 307). 28 See (Peucker, 2007;Heff ernan, 2010;Tullius, 2017;Ubiali, 2017). 29 See (Luft , 2010(Luft , , 2012).…”

Section: Phenomenology Of Happiness and Virtue Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 99%