Contemporary interpretation of Aristotle's concept of happiness and community perspective
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Mason, Andrew
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Du, Rui
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2019-07-02T09:33:08Z
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2019-07-02T09:33:08Z
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2018
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In this paper I have analyzed and elucidated Aristotle’s, Richard Kraut’s and Laura Sizer’s conceptions conceptions of happiness. Aristotle emphasized on the objective part of the conception of happiness. Richard Kraut made a comparison between Aristotle’s conception o f happiness and our conception s of happiness, pointing out the difficulties of Aristotle’s conception of happiness and modern objectivism. Laura Sizer tried to reconcile both the objective and subjective part of the conception of happiness through affect theory. After my analysis of Aristotle’s, Richard Kraut’s and Laura Sizer’s conceptions of happiness, I will make a further point on the objective aspect of their theories and raise a “theory of community” as a possible alternative for Aristotle’s conception of happiness.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/35651
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The University of Edinburgh
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Aristotle
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Happiness
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Objectivism
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Affect Theory
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Community
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Contemporary interpretation of Aristotle's concept of happiness and community perspective
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Masters
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MSc Master of Science
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