Week 4-1 | Psychology homework help

Aristotle says that the virtues are crucial for people to realize happiness, however he means this when it comes to one thing we would name “flourishing” or “dwelling nicely”, which he considers fairly completely different than merely feeling good.  Thus, in response to Aristotle some folks may really feel that they’re joyful, however as a result of they lack the virtues they don’t seem to be actually flourishing.  Nevertheless, think about somebody that’s deceitful, egocentric, grasping, self-indulgent, and but enjoys nice pleasure and seems to be fairly joyful.  Is somebody like this “flourishing” or not?  Clarify your reply by utilizing at the very least one quote from this week’s readings and media, and if doable present examples from actual life and/or from literature, movie, TV, and many others.  

Lastly, utilizing at the very least one quote from Hill’s article, briefly focus on whether or not somebody who ignores or harms the surroundings, or who makes use of the surroundings to meet their very own wishes could be stated to be flourishing in Aristotle’s sense.

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Hill, T. (1983). Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments. Journal of Environmental Ethics, 5(three), 211-24. Retrieved from http://www.umweltethik.at/obtain.php?id=403Mosser, Okay. (2013). Understanding philosophy. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Training, Inc.