Throughout life, man seems to seek a happy life, which seems to be something more than a static feeling of pleasure. Life is something we create and form ourselves and due to this our welfare can go better or worse. Virtue Ethics asserts that we, through actions and disposition, can form our life and that ethics gives guidance on how to do it. Something that also calls for rational consideration. Happiness and virtue, two terms that we, during life, learn to understand and act in union with. Rather than something static or simply theoretical, the terms are practical and therefore demand skill and practice. Happiness includes certain actions, something virtue ethics give guidance in. In this way the two terms are connected and share nature. I will, during this paper, argue that virtue ethics gives a better picture, and is a necessary part, of happiness, which is in opposition to the hedonic claim that happiness is pleasure.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-197578 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Thorell, Andreas |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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