Contemporary Virtue Ethics on the Relation between Happiness and Virtue
Date Issued
2015
Date
2015
Author(s)
Huang, Li-You
Abstract
This thesis aims to explain the relation between happiness and virtue from contemporary virtue ethics, and mainly focus on whether virtue can promote happiness. First, this thesis discusses the conception of happiness, and attempts to find an appropriate approach to define it. Second, this thesis considers the conception of virtue, including the standard of virtue and the debate on the unity of virtue. Third, this thesis argues that cultivating virtue can assist us to attain happiness, and moreover, virtue is the necessary condition for happiness. But virtue cannot be the sufficient condition for happiness. Finally, this thesis argues that everyone can truly cultivate virtue if he or she intends to achieve happiness.
Subjects
virtue ethics
happiness
virtue
necessary condition
sufficient condition
Type
thesis
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