Showing posts with label Practical wisdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Practical wisdom. Show all posts
Saturday, January 18, 2025

What Contribution did David L. Norton Make to our Understanding of Ethical Individualism?

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  The purpose of this post is to publish a review essay by Edward W. Younkins, author of among other things a wonderful trilogy of books on ...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

How important is resilience to individual flourishing?

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  Everyone knows that resilience is important in coping with misfortune. However, it may be more important than I had thought. My attentio...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Is it possible for humans to flourish if they don't live good lives?

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  I asked myself whether it is possible for humans to flourish if they don't live good lives after reading an article by Markus Knee and...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Is it helpful to adopt a dialectical approach to problem definition?

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  When you think of dialectical approaches the idea that may come to mind is thesis, anti-thesis, and synthesis. As suggested in the sentenc...
Friday, April 26, 2024

Why do I consider myself to be a neo-Aristotelian classical liberal?

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  I pondered the above question as I read Fred D Miller’s book, Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle’s Politics (published in 1995). Al...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Do you live in harmony with your daimon?

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  Some readers will be wondering what the question means. What is this daimon? How does it relate to eudaimonia? How can you identify your d...